Keith Manos

          Keith Manos is the author of 11 nonfiction books, including Writing Smarter (Simon & Schuster/Prentice Hall, 1998), 101 Proven Ways to Motivate Athletes (Coaches Choice, 2021), and The Elite Wrestler (Coaches Choice, 2020). In 2015, Black Rose Writing published his debut novel My Last Year of Life (in School).
            Keith’s short fiction has appeared in magazines like October Hill Magazine, Storgy, Attic Door Press, New Reader Magazine, Literary Yard, Litro, and Wrestling USA, among others. Keith has a Master's Degree in English (Creative Writing) from Cleveland State University and a Bachelor of Science from Miami University (OH) where he was the winner of the Greer-Hepburn Award for Creative Writing. You can check out all his books at www.keithmanos.com.
            In 2021, Keith was honored as the national wrestling Sportswriter of the Year by Wrestling USA Magazine. He is also a 2009 Inductee into the Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame and a veteran English teacher who in 2000 was named Ohio’s High School English Teacher of the Year. In 2021, Lakeland Community College presented Keith with the prestigious Distinguished Service Award and Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022.