Berestrand Williams is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is employed by Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and is the Medical Director for the Mount Sinai-Unite Here Health Primary Care Center, which cares for the employees of the Atlantic City, New Jersey based casinos and their dependents. His interest in writing began in third grade when he wrote and acted out his first play about a detective in front of his class for show and tell. The critique was mixed, but undaunted he continued to write about events, politics, and sports through college, graduate school, to the present day, despite busy days and frequent sleepless nights. He has written poems and short stories about interesting situations and moments when people are at their worst, but also demonstrate remarkable strength and heroism. He resides with his family on the Jersey Shore