Citywide Bytes-Matthew Daddona dives into his own backstory for new book

Our next guest for the Citywide Bytes interviews has just dropped his first novel, “The Longitude of Grief,” a coming of age story about a boy named Henry and his attempts to escape a world of betrayal.

But for author Matthew Daddona, it’s far from his first foray into the literary world—in fact, he’s been working in the publishing world for years for such companies as Penguin Random House and Dey Street Books/Harper Collins, so he knows a thing or three about getting a book out there.

In this interview, Matthew shares what inspired this book, which he worked on for six years. We go into how it changed over that time and what’s different in the final version. We also talk about how working as a book editor helped him during the writing process and get the story behind his main character, Nick Manero.

This interview comes to us through the good folks at Books Forward PR, and you can learn more at www.booksforward.com.