John Biscello, originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has called Taos, New Mexico home since 2001. He is the author of three novels: Broken Land, Raking the Dust, and Nocturne Variations; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag; and a poetry collection, Arclight. A new volume of poetry, in collaboration with Antoinette Nora Clayppole, House of Crystal Muses, was recently published by Wild Embers Press. He is directing a short film he wrote, Ballad of the Cuckoos, which is being filmed in Taos.