Introducing Ray's latest novel, David:

Born a slave in 1847, but raised as a free man on the world-renowned, African-American Elgin Settlement near present-day Chatham Ontario, David King is a man whose life has been defined by his violent rebellion against the very person who freed him--the Reverend William King. Triggered by the news of the elderly Reverend King's death, the middle-aged David is compelled to revisit a past he thought he left behind, but which--as evidenced by his inability to embrace the happiness he so dearly earned--he clearly has not.

David is a portal into a fascinating, if mostly unknown, piece of Canadian history, and is the story of a man's journey for wisdom, peace and forgiveness.

"Ray Robertson is the Jerry Lee Lewis of North American Letters."

—Chuck Kinder (author of Honeymooners and The Last Mountain Dancer)

A graduate of the University of Toronto with High Distinction with a B.A. in philosophy and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Southwest Texas State University, Ray is a contributing book reviewer to the Toronto Globe and Mail, appears regularly on TVO's Imprint and CBC's Talking Books, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Toronto.

He is the author of the novels Home Movies, Heroes, Moody Food, Gently Down the Stream, What Happened Later, and a collection of non-fiction, Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing.

"A writer of genuine gifts."

—Richard Currey (author of Fatal Light and Lost Highway)