Alan Lelchuk is a nov­el­ist and pro­fes­sor who was born and grew up in Brook­lyn, NY. He received his BA in World Lit­er­a­ture from Brook­lyn Col­lege in 1960 and stud­ied at Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege, Lon­don in 1962 – 63, receiv­ing his MA in 1963 and PhD in 1965, both in Eng­lish from Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty. He is a co-founder of Steer­forth Press, has taught at Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty and Amherst Col­lege, and since 1985 has been on the fac­ul­ty of Dart­mouth College.