Francesco Sedita was born on Mott Street in the Little Italy section of New York, New York, to two native New Yorkers. He has an older sister, who liked to beat him up and still does sometimes.When he was just a baby, Sedita's family moved to Randolph, New Jersey. As a youngster, Sedita went on to receive many awards throughout grade school, including: Multiple Honor Rolls, Perfect Attendance, multiple and various-colored Science Fair ribbons, and even the Special People's Club honoree. He also held many public offices, including: Treasurer of the Fifth Grade; Student Council President, which enabled him to wear a very shiny pin each day; and Ambassador to the French Club.Sedita also continued to develop his career as a writer at this time, becoming the youngest Editor-in-Chief of the SVS PRESS. People called him "Rocky" as a nickname then.But not because he was a fighter.But because Francesco felt like a really big name.Sedita went to NYU, where he got his undergraduate and graduate degrees in writing from the Gallatin School, which is like the coolest school ever. While there, he was a writing fellow for "Saturday Night Live" and got to make coffee for some pretty jazzy people.Francesco loves writing. Miss Popularity is his first series. He also worked on the first book in the Spaceheadz series. And is working on a new, big, scary, but awestastic project that he's afraid to talk about. For now.