Vincent Anthony Furia has been writing songs and stories since he was four years old. Inspired by writing the anecdote "Stealing Anna's Pain" for the magazine Morbid Curiosty in 1996 he began work on Van Gaux Lives! later that same year. He worked for years to publish the novel until finally deciding to self-publish in 2015. He has also completed the screenplay for his original rock opera "The Artist" and co-wrote a teleplay with novelist Alysia Helming for an un-filmed television pilot titled "One Degree of Separation".

Under his given name and as Vince Charming he has been writing and performing original music for nearly forty years. He has written nearly three hundred original songs. He has released three solo CD's and currently finishing off his next album with the Vince Charming Band.