LEONARD FOGLIA is co-author, with David Richards of the mystery novels 1 RAGGED RIDGE ROAD, FACE DOWN IN THE PARK. As well as the thriller series THE SUDARIUM TRILOGY: THE SURROGATE, THE SON AND THE SAVIOR which have been published in Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Poland and Russian and will be available in the US in the fall of 2011.

Mr. Foglia is also a theater and opera director as well as librettist. His work has been seen on Broadway, across the country as well as internationally.

His theater credits include the original Broadway productions of MASTER CLASS (with Zoe Caldwell, Patti LuPone, Dixie Carter and Faye Dunaway), THURGOOD (with Laurence Fishburne) and THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE (with Donna Murphy) as well as the revivals of WAIT UNTIL DARK (with Quentin Tarantino and Marisa Tomei) and ON GOLDEN POND (with James Earl Jones and Leslie Uggams). Off Broadway (and on national tour) he directed Anna Deavere Smith’s LET ME DOWN EASY.

His opera credits include the premiers of three operas by Jake Heggie – MOBY DICK, THREE DECEMBERS and THE END OF THE AFFAIR. His production of Heggie’s DEAD MAN WALKING has been seen across the country.

As a librettist his opera CRUZAR LA CARA DE LA LUNA (To Cross the Face of the Moon) had it’s premier at Houston Grand Opera in 2010 and was performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in the fall of 2011.