Passion & Struggle

John Fioravanti is a retired secondary school educator who completed his thirty-five year career in the classroom in June, 2008. Throughout his career, John focused on developing research, analysis, and essay writing skills in his History Classroom. This led to the publication of his first non-fiction work for student use, Getting It Right in History Class (Data Based Directions, 2002), along with an international version of the same title. A Personal Journey to the Heart of Teaching (Iceberg Publishing, 2007, 2008, 2010) (Fiora Books 2014) is his second non-fiction work; it attempts to crystallize the struggles, accomplishments, and setbacks experienced in more than three decades of effort to achieve excellence in his chosen field. The Genesis Saga is set within Kenneth Tam's Equations universe (Iceberg Publishing). He claims that, after two non-fiction books, he's having the time of his life bringing new stories and characters to life! At present, John lives in Waterloo, Ontario with Anne, his bride of forty-two years. They have three children and three grandchildren. In December of 2013, John and Anne founded Fiora Books for the express purpose of publishing John's books. After four decades of marriage, they decided to become business partners as well. You can follow John on Twitter @FioraBooks and @JohnJFioravanti. Both partners are on Facebook with a Fiora Books company page as well. Check out the Fiora Books website (www.fiorabooks.com) for his weekly MY INSPIRATION posts.