Author Phillip Good was born in Montreal Quebec where he attended McGill University before transferring to the University of California at Berkeley. A polymath, he has taught anatomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics at the college level. His novels include the semi-autobiographical I Love You Maggie, In Search of Aimai Cristen, Sad and Angry Man, and Marriage and Children, as well as Susan and San Onofre, He had just celebrated his 17th wedding anniversary.