Justin Catanoso

Who is Justin Catanoso?

Justin Catanoso is the author of My Cousin the Saint -- A Search for Faith, Family and Miracles, the founding executive editor of The Business Journal, and the fourth director of journalism at Wake Forest University.

Published by William Morrow and Company in hard cover in 2008, My Cousin the Saint is about Catanoso's "journey in search of faith and family" after discovering Gaetano Catanoso, a cousin of the author's grandfather, was a pious Italian parish priest, later canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. He is represented by Brian DeFiore of DeFiore and Company, and the HarperCollins Speakers Bureau, both in New York City.

The book was a Summer Reading selection by the National Sons of Italy Association and a Book of the Month Club pick. It was published in paperback by Harper Perennial in 2009 with the revised subtitle "A Story of Love, Miracles, and an Italian Family Reunited."

Previously Catanoso delivered a commentary about his cousin on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.

Catanoso was the executive editor of The Business Journal, a weekly business and economics newspaper covering the Piedmont Triad region.