Billy Warren was born and raised in a South Brooklyn neighborhood under the shadow of the local Polish Catholic church steeples and the watchful gaze of the Statue of Liberty. He is 2nd generation Polish American whose ancestors immigrated to America around 1910. He is a graduate of Brooklyn Tech HS, City College of New York BS ’75, and San Jose State U. MA ’81. He remains grateful and proud of his Polish and Brooklyn heritages, and public school educations. Today, he writes historical literary fiction full time from northern California. He is married, father of two sons, and a male breast cancer survivor.