Lawrence Santoro

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Lawrence Santoro
Born	September 2, 1942

Lawrence Phillip Santoro (born September 2, 1942, Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Both parents were ballet dancers who met on the road, touring with a Federally funded dance company during the Great Depression.

He studied philosophy, art history, English literature and journalism during a college career that spanned 14 years. He graduated with a degree in theater from Temple University in Philadelphia and did graduate work, also in theater, at Villanova University.

Author, Lawrence Santoro (photo: Tycelia Santoro)

During the Vietnam War, he served with the United States Air Force in Eurupe as a writer for the Stars and Stripes and, eventually, became part of an acting company that toured Europe doing improv comedy shows at American military bases.

Returning to the States in 1969, he worked as a documentary filmmaker and, ultimately, became artistic director of the children's theater wing of the Philadelphia-based American Repertory Theater.

In 2000 his novella, “God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him” (in CTHULHU AND THE COEDS: KIDS AND SQUIDS, Twilight Tales Publications) was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.

His audio adaptation and production of Gene Wolfe’s story, “The Tree Is My Hat” was Stoker nominated in 2002 and featured author Neil Gaiman in the cast.

Married to Tycelia Mary White, he currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. His next book will be a contemporary novel, “Just North of Nowhere” due for publication in November of 2006.