Bernard Deleo:
CLASS OF 1968
Warren Western Reserve High SchoolClass of 1968
Warren, OH
California State University Class of 1980
Hayward, CA
Chabot CollegeClass of 1977
Hayward, CA
Bernard's Story
Life
My novel HARD CASE was released in May 2012 on Kindle, and COLD BLOODED on November 22, 2011 from Wild Child Publishing. It's available on Kindle or Nook. The story evolves around a writer/assassin deciding he needs a change in his life. HARD CASE follows the life of a kid who grows up under an abusive Father and strikes out on his own to Marine Recon, CIA, and eventually bounty hunter and cage fighter.
My ebook espionage thriller MONSTER is on sale at the Amazon Kindle store for 99 cents.
My ebook paranormal thriller ARCHANGEL is on sale at the Amazon Kindle store for 99 cents.
My ebook paranormal YA novel STORM is on sale at the Amazon Kindle store for 99 cents too. It's a story set in modern day Warren at Harding High School. My main character is a teen computer hacker who dabbles in magic. Blackmailed by the FBI after she hacks their database, Storm goes undercover at Harding High School, investigating the disappearance of five students.
My Spouse
Joyce Whitney walked up to me as I entered the Grant's store where she worked, and introduced herself. We married in January of 1977.
My Pets
The cats are useless, but my old dog Wolf protected our house religiously for over a decade, taking on a burglar while I attended a seminar, thereby protecting my wife and kids. Wolf passed away a few summers ago at the age of 14. He is missed. Our cat Taco Bell is 17 this year. She'll probably outlive me.
I have a Grandson, named Colin, who is 9 this year. Grandkids are the best! :)
School
After West Junior High, I attended Warren Harding my Sophomore year, and played in the band. The Harding Band performed at the half time show at a Buffalo Bills game, and a Cleveland Browns game. I graduated from Warren Western Reserve in 1968, and played on th...Expand for more
eir first Raider football team as a defensive tackle. Funny, the most glaring memory I have is of being held up in traffic almost every morning by a train, whose crew took their coffee breaks while blocking access to Western Reserve. :)
College
I attended Chabot Junior College after the service; and graduated with AA degrees in general ed, and Auto Tech in 1977. I graduated from Cal State Hayward in 1980 with a BA degree in English.
Workplace
I own a one man auto repair shop in Oakland, CA. I started working there in 1976, and bought it from the retiring owner on April Fools Day 1983. :) In 2006 I added a small comic & used book store, built within my building, with its own entrance to the street. I hope to work the little book store on Fridays as a small hobby shop. Retirement means very little to me, so the comic hobby shop adds a new challenge if my ability to fix cars and trucks is no longer a viable option. It also enables me to sell the self-published novels I've written on my own. At the end of 2008, I signed contracts for two of my novels: one with Double Dragon's erotic romance line Carnal Desires for my paranormal novel LANCELOT, and one with Wild Child Publishing for my adventure novel COLD BLOODED. Both are E-Book publishers. COLD BLOODED and LANCELOT are for sale in Amazon Kindle or Barnes and Noble Nook. The editing process was brutal. It wasn't until the end of 2011 that COLD BLOODED was released.
Military
I served aboard an Aircraft Carrier, the USS Ranger from 1969 until my discharge in November of 1972. Although the Ranger was off the coast of Vietnam most of the time, we also docked in Hong Kong, Japan, and the Philippines. What I saw of foreign countries convinced me we live in the greatest nation on the face of the earth. :)
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