Todd Rafael Cimino (born June 4, 1963)^{[citation needed]} is an American novelist and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Cimino was born in Wayne, New Jersey,^{[citation needed]}. At age six his family moved to Key Largo in the Florida Keys.^{[citation needed]} He attended Key Largo Elementary School and the Island Christian School until graduation from high school in 1981.^{[citation needed]} He would go on to attend the University of Florida, Florida Atlantic University and Georgetown University Law School.^{[citation needed]} He has Asperger syndrome.[1]

Publishing

Cimino authored or co-authored multiple books, including:

• Mid Ocean (2009), a novel about drug smugglers and the federal agents who chase them. It is set in the Florida Keys in the mid 1980s[2] and was listed as one of the top 20 novels to read before being made into a film.[3]
• Table 21 (2011), a fictional story set at the turn of the millennium in New York City, involving the relationship between an underworld crime boss and an A-list television celebrity. Table 21 was later re-released as The Heir Apparent (2015), featuring 11,000 additional words and an alternative ending.[4]
• Heavy (2014), the sequel to Mid Ocean, co-written with George Jung,[5] who was the subject of the biographical film Blow. (2001),[6] Parts of Heavy take place on Norman's Cay in the Bahamas.^{[citation needed]} In June 2015, it was announced that a movie deal to adapt Heavy had been struck with Denis Leary and Apostle Films.[7]

References

External links

• Official website