SNEAK PEAK OF THE SECOND BOOK!
My next book, Fat Hoochie Prom Queen, will be released by Simon Pulse on May 6, 2008. It's kind of like a prom book, but with beer funnels, seven-foot-tall drag queens, super-swank penthouses, deep-fried turkeys, and a spunky eighteen-year-old girl named Madge Diaz who you'll totally want to have dress you by the end of the book. Click here to read Chapter 1 >
Click here to read Ch. 2, Pt. 1 >

ARTICLES
I'm also writing random articles on the site, the first two of which are about Dubai > and my craziest Garbage concert experiences >

BLIGGITY-BLOG
Though I'll post any noteworthy news and articles on this Web site, I do keep a MySpace blog for my random, idiotic musings. Read my MySpace Blog >

GIGOGRAPHY
Set lists from the 100 or so concerts I've attended over the past 10 years. More >

ABOUT : ME

Welcome to the new site, my temple of good-natured narcissism! I'm Nico Medina. Not the 25-yr-old hottish Argentinean soccer player Nico Medina, but the twenty-five-year-old professional copyeditor and YA novelist Nico Medina. I was born and raised in Orlando but now live in New York City with my boyfriend, Billy Merrell, and our overweight, sneezy pug, Paisley.

Though we've been in New York for over three years now, I still consider myself to be a Florida boy in many ways. For one thing, I have an almost incurable and impenetrable love for fast food and chain restaurants. I know, I know, it's all bad and nasty for you and the small businessman, blah, blah, blah, but where else but Chili's has an unending happy hour, free chips and salsa at the bar, and that sumptuous fajita pita?

If anyone knows, please let me know. There are no Chili's in New York! Help!!!

Moving right along past the nasty-food habits, I'll go ahead and give you the basics. Read more about me, me, me >

Read more about my debut novel, The Straight Road to Kylie >

: MY BOYFRIEND

Billy Merrell and I have been together since our sophomore year at the University of Florida. We'd met the summer before, at a Fourth of July party. I was wearing a tight ribbed purple shirt, so for some reason he assumed I was a whore. Charming, right? Ha! I can't believe it, but this March will mark our sixth anniversary.... Read more >

: MY DOG

Paisley Christina Merrell-Medina (don't worry, I know how ridiculous I am) was born in Orlando, Florida, on Halloween 2004. She was a surprise Christmas present from Billy that year, our first Christmas after moving to New York.

I'd been pretty obsessed with pugs for the entire duration of my and Billy's relationship. Maybe more so once we moved to New York, where all I saw everywhere were PUGS PUGS PUGS, ceaselessly taunting me. Even in BARS. Read more >