Hen­ry Rozy­c­ki grew up in Mon­tre­al as the only child of Holo­caust sur­vivors. He began his stud­ies at McGill Uni­ver­si­ty intend­ing to become a writer but took a thir­ty-year detour into a career in med­i­cine. Since return­ing to writ­ing, his work has been pub­lished in lit­er­ary jour­nals, in mag­a­zines such as the Sat­ur­day Evening Post, and in news­pa­pers, includ­ing the New York Times. He lives in Rich­mond, Vir­ginia with his wife, Mary, and togeth­er they have sev­en chil­dren, four grand­chil­dren and two dogs.