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Here's how it began...

In 2001, while researching the online archives of her hometown newspaper for a client, freelance writer Rita Schiano made a keying error—a simple mistake that led her to a path she'd been avoiding most of her life; on a journey inside the world of her father, killed gangland-style more than two decades ago.

Schiano turned that difficult journey into an engrossing novel. Painting The Invisible Man is a poignant, often hilarious coming of age story that explores the complex dynamics of growing up in an Italian family on the fringe of the Mafia.

“An absorbing tale that smoothly blends the quest for truth with the complexities of a self-portrait.”
Painting the Invisible Man is a historical fiction novel about an ordinary writer drawn into conducting research on the world of father, a man murdered in a gangland-style hit more than two decades ago. The deeper she immerses herself in the painful and unresolved past, the more obsessed she becomes with uncovering the truth about her father, whom she thinks of as "The Invisible Man." Written with razor-sharp wit, Painting the Invisible Man is an absorbing tale that smoothly blends the quest for truth with the complexities of a self-portrait. ~ by Midwest Book Review

“Rita Schiano has proven herself to be a powerful, talented storyteller.”
Painting the Invisible Man is both touching and even humorous at times. I found myself rooting for Anna, hoping she not only discovered who her father was, but found herself and her own happiness as well. Rita Schiano has proven herself to be a powerful, talented storyteller. ~ J. Baker, Shelfari Author Review

“Schiano has a unique way of expressing emotion on paper, so much so that I wanted to read more of her books.”
Have you ever read a book that left you so full of emotion you found it hard to discuss its contents? It's not often a book renders me searching for words that adequately express my feelings, but Painting the Invisible Man has done just that.

Most novels I'd describe as easy-breezy reads. I enjoy them, love to discuss them, and then want to move on. But Rita Schiano's book touched me in a place I rarely disclose to the public. The main character, Anna Matteo, hits a point in her life where she must come face to face with her past. Twenty years earlier, her father was murdered and she ran away and closed off a part of herself. Now, Anna stumbles across articles related to her father and she's ready to go back and understand what happened the day her father was murdered….To make this book stand out even more, the book is based on actual events in the author's life….Schiano has a unique way of expressing emotion on paper, so much so that I wanted to read more of her books. ~ J. Kaye Oldner "http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/" (Louisiana)

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Sweet Bitter Love 

by Rita Schiano 

(Rising Tide Press)

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What People are Saying About Sweet Bitter Love...

“The reader sees the relationship from Jenny’s point of view, from her beginning fascination with Susan, through to the end. It is an interesting look into the highs and lows of life with an alcoholic...This is not an easy subject ...It is, however, a situation common to many. Schiano has opened the door to an important subject that few want to discuss.”

R. Lynne Watson, Mega Scene,
Palm Springs, Vol.  #14

Short Stories

"Brown Shoes," In Early Embraces, Lindsey Elder, ed., Alyson Publications. Los Angeles.	"The SurfMaid’s Promise," In Beginnings, Lindsey Elder, ed., Alyson Publications. Los Angeles.