Rabbi Shawn B. Zell, a native of Winnipeg, Canada, possesses a master's degree in Jewish Education as well as two separate rabbinic ordinations and certification in counseling. Prior to writing For Those Who Grieve, Rabbi Zell authored Passover Points to Ponder and The Right Word. Rabbi Zell has served in pulpits for close to 40 years in Iowa, New Jersey and for the past fifteen years in Texas.