Mike J. Pilla was born in Naples in December, 1982. Journalist and tv presenterm as well as passionate reader, he is the editor-in-chief of online news site Montaguto.com, which since its inception has attracted the interest of Montaguto natives across the world. in 2018, he founded Patrimonio Italiano TV, a webtv for Italians living abroad. He travels extensively throughout Europe and North America. His first novel, “Goodbye Irpinia,” (2019) is dedicated to all Italians living abroad and is hailed as the first Paper novel in the world.