About the author Patty Chayefsky was born in New York City on January 29th 1923. He attended to DeWitt Clinton High School and the College of the City of New York before enlisting in the Army during World War II. In Germany, he ran afoul of a booby trap that put him in the hospital where during his convalescence, he wrote the book and lyrics for the Army musical, No T.O. for Love. After the war, he worked briefly in his uncle's print shop (an experience that inspired Printer's Measure) then turn to writing for the radiom movies, television and the stage. He is the author of the Broadway hits Middle of the Night and The 10th Man. Mr. Chayefsky is married and lives in Manhattan.