Rod Martinez- FL, USA

Author of middle grade & young adult fiction, Rod Martinez grew up on Marvel Comics and Twilight Zone, the inspiration was inevitable. He was also deep into American History starting back in grade school.
Challenged by his son to write a story about him and his friends “like the Goonies’ but in Tampa”, his first novel “The Juniors” was published , and the rest – as they say– is history. Rod speaks at schools, conferences and libraries promoting the love of the written word.