Dean PalamaraDean Palamara was born in New Jersey and resided in Manhattan for decades, as an adult. While a music major and an art minor, Dean played in a rhythm and blues band in NYC in the 1960s, before entering the field of point-of-purchase display advertisig in the 1970s and '80s.Moving to Florida in the early 1990s, he returned to school as a psychology major, earned a graduate degree and licensure, and continues in a part time private practice as an L.C.S.W., providing mental health therapy. Playing Senior Softball has become a priority. Through the years Dean has been actively writing: short stories, poetry, sports and promotional material, as well as an unfinished novel. This is the first memoir he's published. Read More Read Less