Neil Raymond Ricco, formerly known as Noel Rico, is a Spanish-Italian American poet and writer known for his works featured in publications by Nicolás Kanellos, Eileen Myles and Mike Marqusee.
Ricco is from North Bay Shore, New York,[1] growing up in the South Bronx until his family relocated to Brentwood, Long Island when he was 14.
[5] Ricco's work has been published in languages of Spanish, Irish and Italian[5] and he is influenced by Luis Lloréns Torres and Walt Whitman.
[13][15] After moving to San Diego, Ricco had to find other work when publishers like Simon & Schuster were declining deals for a book contract.
While supervisor of Heritage Security Service at the Comerica Bank building on August 14, 2002, Ricco suffered a concussion after tripping upon exiting an elevator.