Ralph Protsik is a writer, educational publisher, and retired executive recruiter and wine educator. In addition to his three non- fiction titles, he is author of two plays, Butterfly’s Child and Kafka in China, both performed at the Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre. He has written numerous light poems and short pieces of non-fiction and was co- editor of Our Stories (Yale, 2015) and Our Stories Continued (Yale, 2020). He lives a life of quiet reflection and rigorous hiking with his wife Susan in Asheville, North Carolina.