ABRAHAM BOYARSKY is the author of several novels including "Schielber" (1982) for which he was awarded the Canadian League of Poets' Gerald Lambert Memorial Award; "The Number Hall" (winner of the Toronto Jewish Literary Prize, 1992), "The Ratcatcher" (2006, Oberon Press), "A Gift of Rags" (2015, Lester Publishing); a number of short stories including the collection "A Pyramid of Time"; and several seminal books on mathematics. His most recent novel, "Through Shadows Slow" won the national CJLA 2020 award for best work of fiction. He currently lives in Montreal where he teaches mathematics at Concordia University.