About the Author

Robert Pacilio's debut YA novel "Meetings at the Metaphor Café," nominated for the National Education Book Award, demonstrates his teaching methods, that are designed to make you laugh, cry and celebrate life. Its sequel "Midnight Comes to the Metaphor Cafe" has been well received and both novels have been adopted as part of the literary curriculum in several school districts. His two most newest novels "The Restoration" and "Meet Me at Moonlight Beach" are his debut novels in the adult fiction genre.Robert Pacilio was born to teach. He taught English for 32 years at Mt. Carmel High School in Rancho Penasquitos and was named San Diego County's "1998 Teacher of the Year." He retired from teaching in 2010 and began his "second act" as a writer. Bob's fourth and newest novel Meet Me at Moonlight Beach is set in his home town of Encinitas and was recently featured in an article in The Coast News, and it will be the focus of a piece in Encinitas Magazine's January/February edition. It is a story of love and betrayal, of life's physical calamities, and the perseverance to rediscover both trust and love. Locals will spot the Pannikin, Las Olas, and other venues, including yoga studios and Moonlight Beach. His female protagonist Noelani is a dancer/ yoga instructor and her love interest is Lewis, a journalism teacher with a rare disease. They gain strength with the help of their loyal psychiatrist.In 2015, Bob debuted his novel The Restoration which is set in Coronado and regales its readers of the island's unique and historical 'movie house' known as The Village Theater. The restoration of that theater parallels the lives of two characters and the belief that by returning the Village Theater to its original grandeur, they are actually restoring themselves--heart and soul. The Village Theater's closure and eventual renovation is based in fact. The novel's fictional characters discover that 'the movies' can enlighten, inspire, and heal one's broken heart. In 2008, Bob's first novel Meetings at the Metaphor Café was nominated for the California Young Reader Medal. In this novel, four teenage narrators reveal their dreams and disasters during their junior year in high school. Through it all, they are inspired by their English teacher, Mr. Buscotti, who helps them navigate their troubled waters as they sip their lattes and reveal their deepest secrets at the Metaphor Café. It has been adopted in various school districts as part of their literary curriculum.

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