One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.

He is the half brother of composer Steve Reich and nephew of Broadway producer Leonard Sillman. His short story "Home on the Rain" was chosen as one of the best stories of the year by the Pushcart Prize committee. His novel Outside the Dog Museum won the British Fantasy Award and his collection of short stories won the Bram Stoker Award.

He also writes short stories. Jonathan Samuel Carroll (born January 26 1949) is an American author primarily known for novels which can be characterized as magic realist slipstream or modern fantasy.