Dolores Stewart Riccio

Dolores Stewart Riccio is an American author that writes cookbooks, poems, and novels in the mystery and thriller genres. Born in Boston and brought in New England most of the settings of her Circle of Five series of novels are set in Pembroke, Massachusetts where she grew up. She was married to Ottone Riccio an author, teacher, and poet, best known for the Intimate Art of Writing Poetry. From that first marriage she had two children son, Charles Sundance Anderson and daughter Lucy-Marie Sanel both of whom deem themselves among the Penobscots of Maine. Dolores is Scotch-Irish though she held a traditional Penobscot funeral in Indian Island on Old Town, Maine for her son, when she died in 2007. For her cookbooks, she has always preferred to use her married name Dolores Riccio, as she credits her Native American husband, who was insistent that she try many experimental dishes. Conversely, she uses her maiden name of Dolores Stewart when she is writing her poetry. Not one to abandon either of her heritage or past life, she decided to use both of her names when she pivoted to the writing of fiction novels. She has recently moved back to Pinehills, Plymouth the small town that she had always adored growing up as a child in nearby Pembroke. She lives at the Avalon Apartments, a pleasant and peaceful apartment complex in town, where she has all the time to write her thrillers and mysteries.