Born in Donetsk (aka “don’t askâ€) Ukraine and moved to the US in 1993. Since then, I've been kicking it in New Jersey, and then near Boston, MA, where I attended Brandeis University. I earned an MFA in fiction writing from California College of the Arts and now split my time between writing (www.mom49.com) and a day job as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur (www.tonicforhealth.com). I live with my wife in San Francisco, CA.