About the author

Chuck Miceli

<p>When John Salerno and Betsy Tooker first approached me about working with them on this book, I hesitated. After all, how much of a story could there be about a grocery store? I couldn't have been more wrong! </p><p>For more than a year, we met weekly to capture their experiences and assemble their story. The more we met, the more impressed I became. Through hearing first-hand what they and so many others involved in Tops have faced and overcome, the challenges and grief they have endured, the complexities of surviving as a small business, and most of all how their faith guided, nurtured and sustained them through it all, I became convinced that this was a story worth telling.</p><p>As for me, Chuck Miceli, I am a multi-genre author, poet, and playwright. More than anything else, I seek to focus my writing on unique and meaningful projects. </p><p>My co-authored textbook, "Fire Behind Bars," (a restricted publication), was the first book in the US to address the causes, dangers, and prevention of deadly fires in secure institutions. That book put me on the national stage as a speaker and consultant, and launched my love of writing. </p><p>The most frequent reader / reviewer comment for my paranormal thriller, "Amanda's Room," is that "It is unlike anything I have ever read before." The story features a young woman's spirit who communicates by manipulating the environment, especially violent weather. A unique feature is that each chapter begins with a weather-related fact that foreshadows what unfolds within the chapter. </p><p>My literary novel, "Wounded Angels," moves from Brooklyn New York to the Bristol / Southington Connecticut area. While I initially published it as a novel, I based the book on real-life people and events. A distinctive feature is that I tell the entire story in the first-person narrative of the female lead character. </p><p>In "GOD is Watching the Apples," my goal was to capture each random piece of the story, told through John and Betsy's own words and then to carefully assemble the pieces chronologically and thematically into a mosaic of their remarkable lives and the inspirational history of this "community and faith-focused" market. I trust that you will find this to be a significant story and well worth the time you take to read it.</p><p>For more information on me and my work, visit AuthorChuckMiceli.com.</p>