T. Rafael Cimino

Cimino was born in Wayne, New Jersey, the son of Peter Cimino, a general practice physician.[1] At age six his family moved to Key Largo in the Florida Keys. He attended Key Largo Elementary School and the Island Christian School until graduation from high school in 1981. He would go on to attend the University of Florida, Florida Atlantic University and Georgetown University Law School.

Cimino authored or co-authored multiple books, including:

• Mid Ocean (2009), a novel about drug smugglers and the federal agents who chase them. It is set in the Florida Keys in the mid 1980s[2] and was listed as one of the top 20 novels to read before being made into a film.[3]
• Table 21 (2011), a fictional story set at the turn of the millennium in New York City, involving the relationship between an underworld crime boss and an A-list television celebrity. Table 21 was later re-released as The Heir Apparent (2015), featuring 11,000 additional words and an alternative ending.[4] In 2011, the story was produced as a major motion picture entitled Table No. 21 and was directed by Bollywood veteran Aditya Datt.
• Heavy (2014), the sequel to Mid Ocean, co-written with George Jung,[5] who was the subject of the biopic Blow. (2001),[6] Parts of Heavy take place on Norman's Cay in the Bahamas. In June 2015, it was announced that a movie deal to adapt Heavy had been struck with Denis Leary and Apostle Films.[7]

Cimino is the nephew of writer/director Michael Cimino.[8][9][10]

Cimino has been open about growing up and living with Asperger syndrome.[11]

• Official website