Ronald Joseph Kule, American author and poet published internationally, has lived in Clearwater since 1989.  He writes non-fiction biography, sales training, sports and travel; and fiction young adult, romance and sci-fi books. His poetry is published online. 

Kule pursued a successful, 48-year sales and sales-training career and wrote the acclaimed sales-training books, Sell Better, Sell Easier, Sell Everything Artfully (in Italy, Vendere Meglio, piu e facilmente, con Maestria) as well as its Spanish and French editions sold online.

He conducts corporate sales-training workshops worldwide (on commission only), based upon his book, and he completed hundreds of speaking engagements in 17 of the 35 countries he has visited. 

Kule's anticipated newest release (Skyhorse Publishing, NYC, September 1, 2013 -- available now in pre-release) is CHEF TELL~The Biography of America's Pioneer TV Showman Chef, with forewords by "the hardest-working man on TV" Regis Philbin, and four-time Emmy-winner Chef Walter Staib of PBS's A Taste of History TV series. Chef Tell was a resident for a few years in the Tampa Bay area and he had a Baby Boomer following of 40,000,000 TV viewers!

Kule's short story, ThunderCloud and the Old Man, was published in Better World Stories by Artists for a Better World in 2008. His published poetry credits include Bamboo Souls (2005) and Spirit of Humanity (2008) published by Artists for a Better World International; The Little Book of Cleveland Street Poetry, Volume II (2009) by Artists In Action International. His poetry book, Romance & Sensuality, Volume One in a Series of Haikulisms, is available online at Amazon, as well as Pressure Makes Diamonds A Timeless tale of America's Greatest Pastime co-authored with award-winning sports journalist, J. David Miller -- the e-Book edition of Carolina Baseball: Pressure Makes Diamonds, foreword by three-time NCAA Coach of the Year, Ray Tanner.

Current projects include non-fiction works, CASSANO ~ Networking Millionaire; FRAPAR! ~ the Biography and Illustrations of Francois Parmentier, one of France's Beloved Satirical Cartoonists and MISHA SEGAL ~ Man of Music with the award-winning film composer, Misha Segal. 

Kule recently released ANYMAN DREAMS OF LOVE EVERLASTING. 

Two more novels are in progress: THUNDERCLOUD (young adult); Aleria ~ The Promise (sci-fi thriller).

Ronald Joseph Kule is also a trained fine artist whose works are in private collections. He resides in Clearwater, Florida with his wife, Sherry Kule, a designer of custom jewelry.