Arthur A. Milward, who grew up in a North Derbyshire village in England, now lives in Pennsylvania, where he is retired. He has written most of his life, but didn't submit anything for publication until he was in his 40s, when, to his "considerable surprise," virtually all of his submissions found acceptance. Previously he worked as a copy editor, proofreader, and college professor in Angwin, California. His true stories have been published in Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Insight, and several books.