Carey V. Azzara

Life is not a straight path and Azzara has had many a twist and turn during his life, losing his only sister when he was sixteen and struggling to regain direction. Since then he has accomplished a number of goals such as the pursuit of two graduate degrees, a career in public health, VP of market research, President of a marketing company AtHeath, LLC, raising a family, and rescuing a few dogs. He has published numerous articles, reports, and books. Along the way, he has had experiences that have inspired him to author the short stories in this collection. They say writers write. Azzara writes for the joy of sharing his ideas and stories with you.

Azzara is the author of three collections of stories: Most recently, a collection of novelettes titled, Halley’s Gift, And Eight Other Extraordinary Tales, plus, Uncommon Heroes and Cars and Heroes, Dogs, and Cars (out of print). He has authored short stories published in Storyacious and the anthology, Swallowed by the Beast. He also wrote Questionnaire Design for Business Research, a text on marketing research.

Now he has written The Lottery Curse. Literary fiction that shines bright lights on the dangers that befall even the best-intentioned Lottery winners. In addition, he is working on a novel titled Kaitlin’s Mooring a story spanning five generations of the Deveau family in Maine.