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.