The author was born in the old Lincoln Hospital on Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx. He spent the first twenty five years of his life living in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. These exper...view moreThe author was born in the old Lincoln Hospital on Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx. He spent the first twenty five years of his life living in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. These experiences of living and growing up in the City serve as a basis for the backround to produce a novel about a group of young men who experience their young lives in this working class enviorment. The author has had a varied adult life working as an electrical engineer and computer analyst for the government and in large corporations. today he lives happily with his wife in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. The author has written a number of short stories and is working on another novel at this time.view less