A. Colin Wright was born and raised in Chelmsford, Essex, England. After serving in the British Royal Air Force, Wright read Modern Languages at Cambridge University, where he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees. In 1964, he was appointed professor of Russian at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He remained at Queen’s until his retirement in 1999 and still resides there today. Dr. Wright is married and has two sons. 

In his fiction, he is interested primarily in works dealing with the purpose and meaning of  life (he has a horror of post-modernism and sentimental descriptions of everyday life, and has little interest in works dealing with specific problems.) Religion in its broadest sense--but not that of specific churches or creeds--is obviously important to him. He tries to create a good story, with realistic characters who question established norms of behaviour. 

He acts and directs in the local theatre.

With a love of languages (he speaks English, French, German, Russian and Italian, with a smattering of Spanish and Scots Gaelic), he is adamant about correct grammar in his writing. This unfortunately also makes him highly critical of others! 

He also loves travel and has led various groups for Craig Travel in Toronto to Russia, Ukraine, China, South Africa, Southern India, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Alaska and the islands of the North Atlantic. In September 2009 he travelled to Africa again, this time to Kenya and Tanzania. He also went to the Oberammergau passion play.