Jonathan Rosen is a fam­i­ly physi­cian who, while not engag­ing in patient care and prac­tice orga­ni­za­tion, has writ­ten six nov­els and a short sto­ry col­lec­tion. This most recent nov­el was short-list­ed for the Faulkn­er-Wis­dom Fic­tion Prize, a final­ist for both the Ohio Nov­el Award and the Gival Nov­el Award. Jonathan is mar­ried with two chil­dren and two grandchildren.