Ray Robertson is the author of the novels Home Movies, Heroes, Moody Food, Gently Down the Stream, What Happened Later, David, and I Was There the Night He Died, as well as two books of non-fiction, Mental Hygiene and Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live. His most recent book, a collection of essays entitled Lives of the Poets (with Guitars), was published this spring. Born and raised in Southwestern Ontario, he lives in Toronto.