Boris Riskin

went to the University of Michigan, where he studied playwriting with Kenneth Rowe, but switched to fiction shortly thereafter. He worked at a variety of jobs from dishwasher to busboy to factory worker to salesman of discounted clothes to high fashion women. He has published short stories in The New Yorker and a variety of literary magazines. A Brooklyn native, he has traveled the world. This included living in France for a few years. One of those years was spent studying at the Sorbonne. The other was on a honeymoon. But New York is where his heart is, as well as family and friends. He and his wife, Kiki, a sculptor, have a daughter and son. They eventually discovered Sag Harbor at the eastern end of Long Island where the bay and ocean are nearby and the air is filled with creativity.