Fredrick Zydek is the author of eight collections of poems, a biography of Charles Taze Russell and a number of articles, reviews and essay that have appeared in a wide variety of religious, commercial and educational journals. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest he taught at the University of Nebraska and later at the College of Saint Mary until his retirement. He lives in Nebraska where he divides his time between his home in Omaha and a small farm in Brunswick, Nebraska. He continues to write full time.