About the Author

Alan A. Winter was born in Newark, New Jersey. He received a BA in history from Rutgers and earned professional degrees from, and was on faculty, at both NYU and Columbia. Winter published four novels before co-authoring Wolf and Sins of the Fathers with Herbert J. Stern. He is the sole author of When Ashes Cried, which completes this Holocaust Trilogy. Winter’s screenplay, Polly, received honorable mention in the Austin Film Festival. Savior’s Day was a Kirkus Best Book Selection of 2013. Winter lives in New Jersey with his wife. Together, they have five children and eight grandchildren.