Ralph Uttaro was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from law school at Duke University, he has spent the past 40 years practicing law and leading the store development team for a large regional supermarket chain, indulging his passion for writing in his off hours. His work has been published, among other places, in The Cortland Review, Literary Orphans, decomp, Apeiron Review, and Great Lakes Review. He lives with his wife Pamela outside Rochester, New York.