Fern Lebo has been writing professionally since 1975. Her last book, The Talent Revolution, was published by The University of Toronto Press and has been translated into three languages. Following the October 7 massacre, Fern began interviewing Jan Blumenstein and writing his memoir. Her evocative style conveys Jan’s courage and tenacious will to live, creating an intimate connection with The Boy in the Back, Jan’s true account of survival as told to Fern, his friend and writing voice.