Frank Kirby was raised in the New York City borough of Queens and lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He earned a BA in creative writing and literature from the State University of New York at Purchase, and master’s degrees in international finance (City University of New York) and education (Fairfield University). He has had successful careers as a chief financial officer and, later, as a high school English teacher, but he has always been a writer of fiction. This is his first published novel.

