Gregory Funaro - The Sculptor

Just what has this son of a bitch started?

Bulldog heeled his cigarette into the steps and opened his cell phone. It was going to be a long day. He would have to telephone the wife to say he wasn’t coming home tonight.

No. After twenty years with the Bureau it just never gets any fucking easier.

The Sculptor would not have been possible without the faith of two men: my agent, William Reiss, at John Hawkins & Associates; and my editor, John Scognamiglio, at Kensington Publishing Corp. For their excitement, insight, and guidance throughout this project I am eternally grateful. In between its first draft and publication, there were many in my family who offered to read The Sculptor , and thus helped me iron out a lot of the wrinkles: my loving wife, Angela, who has always been my biggest fan and my harshest critic; my father, Anthony, and my brother, Michael; my mother, Linda Ise; my uncle, Raymond Funaro, and my aunt, Marilyn DiStefano. To all of them I owe much love and gratitude. Further appreciation goes out to my coterie of readers here at East Carolina University: my colleagues John Shearin, Jill Matarelli-Carlson, Jeffery Phipps, Robert Caprio, and Patch Clark. And last but not least, I would like to thank my student Michael Combs for giving me the opportunity to learn from him.

Gregory Funaro grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island. Following graduation from the University of New Hampshire and a short career in the theatre, Gregory received a Certificate in Acting from The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in NYC, an AM in Theatre Arts from Brown University, and an MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory in Sarasota, Florida. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Theatre & Dance at East Carolina University, where he teaches, acts, and directs. Gregory lives with his family outside of Raleigh, North Carolina.