Born and raised in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, Stephen Lewis holds a doctorate in Puritan American Literature from New York University, and he is Professor of English Emeritus at Suffolk Community College, on Long Island, New York. He now lives in a restored farmhouse on Old Mission Peninsula in northern lower Michigan. His first novel, The Monkey Rope was published in 1990 followed by And Baby Makes None (1991) two mysteries set in Brooklyn and published by Walker & Company. Mysteries of Colonial Times, were written for Berkley, and drew upon his expertise as a scholar of New England Puritanism. Murder On Old Mission, put out in 2005 by Arbutus Press, was a finalist in the historical fiction category of ForeWord Magazine's book of the year awards. His mystery novel, Stone Cold Dead, was submitted by Arbutus to the 2007 Edgars. Mission Point Press in 2017 reissued Murder On Old Mission and published its sequel Murder Undone. He has published six college textbooks and now writes a regular column for the Traverse City Record Eagle. Most recently, he has arranged the posthumous publication of The Wolfkeeper, his wife's short story collection. As his wife's caregiver during her losing battle with early onset dementia, he wrote a blog that became this book.