Sean Pauzauskie was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and raised in Topeka, Kansas. He was educated in Kansas, California, and Texas, and holds an honors degree in literature. He was mentored by-and wrote his thesis with-a favorite pupil of Vladimir Nabokov, named Stephen Jan Parker, who encouraged him to "get a day job" before writing seriously. A practicing neurologist as a result of this advice, he is now the author of many manuscripts: four novels, a collection of short stories, and a work of drama.He lives with his wife and Siberian husky in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where he enjoys fishing, sports, traveling, composing piano music, and mountaineering. His literary scholarship has been presented in such places as at the International Vladimir Nabokov Society Conference in Montreaux, Switzerland.