Andrés G. López was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was seven years old. He was raised in Queens, New York and attended both public and parochial schools. By ninth grade, he was fascinated with novels by Golding, Steinbeck, and Asimov and started publishing stories in his high school newspaper, The Crescent Tower. His passion for literature only grew.López holds a PhD in English Literature from Stony Brook University. He has taught college composition, literature, and creative writing for thirty-four years and is a published Brontё scholar. Currently, he is a tenured Humanities professor at SUNY Morrisville. Paint It Yellow is his first novel.