Cliff Graubart was born and raised in NYC. He has boxed in the Tole­do Gold­en Gloves, sold furs in New York, and once para­chut­ed out of a per­fect­ly good air­plane in cel­e­bra­tion of his 40th birth­day — all mate­r­i­al for his short sto­ries, which have appeared in mag­a­zines. Atlanta-based Graubart owns the Old New York Book Shop.