A writer first and radio/TV personality second, Vinnie Penn has had four books published, contributed to some of the most popular publications/ websites on the planet, screenplays produced - all while being in radio for years. From Glenn Beck (New Haven's KC101/Top 40) to Howard Stern, he was worked with the biggest names in radio - even making broadcasting history by being in-studio with Stern on 9/11. As of 2000 Penn was sole host of KC101 mornings, and #1 in the ratings.

But it all really began with two columns in two different Connecticut newspapers (The New Haven Register and CT Post). His fiction began getting picked up in high-profile anthologies, with his short story "Diary of a Superhero" (Danger City/ Contemporary Press 2005) ultimately optioned by SONY to be made into a series. Vinnie's work has appeared everywhere from Maxim to Cracked, and Parent to Hit Parader. He was a TV writer/recapper for six years for MSN.com. He did a season of VHI's popular Best Week Ever and has appeared on Showbiz Tonight, That's What He Said (YourTango), Fox & Friends and The Nancy Grace Show. Penn's humor title "Guidos' Credos" was released in December '08, with his second book, "DJ Zom-B & The Ungrateful Dead" following in 2010.

He left Top 40 for a talk show for Heart Media that same year. The Vinnie Penn Project premiered in January on 960/WELI. After adding a Hartford affiliate (NewsRadio 1410/WPOP) in 2015 came Boston's WRKO on a "rotating basis" in 2018. That same year saw his "At The Movies" TV segment (which he writes/hosts) debut on WINH, the New Haven ABC affiliate. Penn's fourth and latest book, "Route One Food Run" (Globe Pequot Press), hit bookstore shelves in June 2018 and immediately went to #1 on Amazon.