John A. Moroso

He moved to New York City after graduation where he worked as a newspaper and court reporter.

During the 1910s he wrote short stories for Collier's Weekly and other major publications.

While working in New York City he became a friend of the poet, Joyce Kilmer.

In 1923 Moroso wrote a story about life in an east side New York City neighborhood titled The Stumbling Herd, which was made into a silent film in 1926.

This novel about a boy and his dog originated as a short story called "Buddy and Waffles" published in the August 1915 issue of Ladies' Home Journal.