Biography

Bruce Moss was born in New York City, grew up in Bedford Hills, New York, and attended The Harvey School and The Gunnery secondary schools.  After earning a B.A. in English from Washington and Lee University he spent two years in the Army  as a Medical Service Officer at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas and Camp Casey, Tongduchon, Korea.  After military service he joined the editorial staff of the New York News. He married  in 1968, then worked in publishing and banking until 1972, when he and his wife moved with their young son to Italy. They lived near Florence for over two years, where he studied at Florence's Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri, gaining fluency in Italian while studying Dante’s Commedia. The experience formed the foundation for his eventual novel A Death in Florence. Returning to New York in 1974 and remarrying in 1978, he resumed work in advertising publishing, the experience serving up material for The Outside Man. Living in New York, he attended evening sessions of Columbia University’s Writing Program, and in 1994 moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He joined the Santa Fe Writer’s Group and completed A Death in Florence. He then wrote its stand-alone sequel, Desert Electra, set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This last novel was chosen as a 2024 Finalist in the General Fiction category by the New Mexico Book Association. Bruce is a long-time member of Santa Fe’s Dante Study Group, as well as The Santa Fe Weekly Writers' Group.

GLIMMER TRAIN’S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS
MAY/JUNE 2016

Honorable Mention