Daniel Hryhorczuk is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. He received his BA in English (creative writing) from Northwestern University where his short story “The Ice Cross” won first place in the Orgy of the Arts. He received his MD from the University of Illinois. His first novel, Caught in the Current, revisited the world of his youth—ethnic America and offbeat Europe during the psychedelic sixties. The Midwest Book Review described it as “one amazing read and decidedly establishes Daniel Hryhorczuk as a talented author of wit, imagination, and a fundamentally gifted storyteller.” His second novel, Myth and Madness, explores Ukraine’s “revolution of dignity” during the winter of 2013/14. He has received commendations from the City of Chicago, the White House, and the Ukrainian government for his work on social and health issues in Ukraine.His most recent novel, Amerikana, takes the reader down the back roads of America's cultural, religousl, and political landscape to discover what it truly means to be American. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, Christine.