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San Pedro native Andrew Rafkin was born in 1946 and grew up in a commercial fishing family. Rafkin served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and later graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills with degrees in economics and marketing. A successful entrepreneur, he is president of Palos Verdes Security Systems and is certified by the Department of Homeland Security.Rafkin has received the EVVY literary award for Red Sky Morning and the Readers Favorite Awards for his Madness trilogy; Creative Madness, Mediterranean Madness, and Mexican Madness. He lives with his wife, Lynn in San Pedro, California, and spends his spare time reading, fishing, hunting, golfing, and making wine. Visit him online at www.andrewrafkin.com.
Louis Pagono, was born 1947, in San Pedro, California. He worked on the docks on his family’s commercial fishing boats, and later in his parent’s restaurant, Luigi’s. Later he joined the Merchant Marines, and worked on the freighters moving cargo up and down the Pacific Coast. He always had the love for the ocean and the bounty it brought him, and his wife, Kathy, and their son Joseph. He now resides in Palm Springs, California, and owns Fisherman’s Market & Grill, a successful chain of restaurants in Southern California. His friendship with Andrew Rafkin began in grammar school. Later in life, they resumed their relationship, and were destined to co-author this phenomenal story