Joel Bur­cat is a nov­el­ist and retired lawyer liv­ing in Har­ris­burg, Penn­syl­va­nia. He is the author of award-win­ning thrillers and the his­tor­i­cal nov­el Whiz Kid, co-writ­ten with his late father and root­ed in Jew­ish Philadel­phia. A Gold Medal win­ner from Read­ers’ Favorite and a Pen­nWrit­ers con­test win­ner, Bur­cat writes about envi­ron­men­tal issues, Jew­ish iden­ti­ty, ambi­tion, and moral choice in Amer­i­can life.