Thomas LaGreca was born in Bronx, New York, and was the 5th of ten children. There he lived until he was 11 years old, when his family moved to Closter, New Jersey. He attended Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest. His perseverance and work ethic were largely shaped by his upbringing in a large family that was fed by his father’s small butcher shop in the Soundview section of the Bronx, where he worked on Saturdays and Summers from about the age of 7 years old. Throughout his adult life, he has had numerous poems and short stories published in a variety of literary journals, enough to have him included in Who’s Who in America for his writing. He is married to one of the other attorneys at Callagy Law and they have three children. He is a Met fan and an avid poker player.