Alfred Joseph Benza was born on June 2, 1962 in Brooklyn. He is a gossip
columnist and television host as well as the author of at least two books.
'74 and Sunny was published in 2015 and is a coming-of-age novel set in Long Island.
Amazon reports that it is a ". . . candid, compelling memoir about the summer of 1974
when his shy, effeminate cousin comes to live with A.J.'s family, which is dominated
by his short-tempered, outspoken, hyper-masculine father. At its core, A.J.'s story is about
learning that being exactly who you were meant to be is the only thing that matters."