Marco Verdoni

Marco Verdoni

Marco Verdoni is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. Born and raised in Saginaw, MI, he holds an MFA from the New Writers Project in Austin, TX, and is a Fulbright scholar. He was a finalist for the 2025 Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship. His essay, “When to Tell Someone You Went to Prison,” won the 2019 Steinberg Essay Prize and received an honorable mention in The Best American Essays. His short story “Immigrant Song” was selected by Joyce Carol Oates for inclusion in Akashic Books’ anthology Prison Noir, written while he was still incarcerated.

Currently, he is on a road trip across all 48 contiguous US states. Follow him on Instagram or his YouTube channel for more frequent updates.