Michael Pitre

Michael Pitre is a graduate of LSU, where, as a double major in history and creative writing, he studied with Andrei Codrescu and Mark Jude Poirier. He joined the US Marines in 22, deploying twice to Iraq and attaining the rank of Captain before leaving the service in 21 to get his MBA at Loyola. He lives in New Orleans. Fives and Twenty-Fives is his first novel.