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Stories shaped by Tampa Bay, family, and Italian roots.
Brandon Burnside is a published author based in Tampa Bay, Florida, the founder and publisher of Nightgrave Publishing, and the founder and literary agent at Burnside Literary Agency. His Nightgrave catalog now includes twelve titles: eight published books—including Tampa Italiano: Welcome Home, Family—plus Blood on the Honor Roll, I’ll Sign Your Name When You’re Dead, REVENGE ’85: THE NEW KID, and REVENGE ’86: NO ONE GETS OUT in development or production. His fiction explores haunted places, dangerous secrets, criminal loyalty, survival, sacrifice, and the people who find courage when ordinary life turns dark.
Brandon’s Italian-American heritage and family connection to Canepina, Italy, influence his work, particularly The Detailer and his published folk-horror novel Tampa Italiano: Welcome Home, Family. He writes professionally under the name Brandon Burnside.
Beyond writing, Brandon built more than twenty years of professional experience through Brandon Detail Doctor, his Tampa Bay mobile detailing business.