Moreno is the author of 17 books, including “Reno Confidential: Eleven Historic Influencers," "Tales from the Nevada Ether: 13 Stories of Monsters, Miracles, and Madness," "True Crime in Reno," "Washington Historic Places on the National Register," "Frontier Fake News: Nevada's Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters," "A Short History of Reno, 2nd Edition,” “A Short History of Carson City,” “The Roadside History of Nevada,” and “Nevada Myths and Legends.” He is the former publisher of Nevada Magazine and earned the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award in 2007. He has written the "Backyard Travels in Nevada and Beyond" blog since 2006 (https://backyardtraveler.blogspot.com/).