Ali Rad is an Iranian-Canadian novelist, specialist dentist, architect, and educator. Born during the formative years of Iran's revolution, he was drafted into the Iran-Iraq War following the regime change. He later earned his doctorate and clinical specialty, building a career across healthcare, academia, architecture, and software design. When his heart stopped for a moment at forty, the course of his life changed: he left behind decades of work and possessions, crossed oceans, and settled on Canada's Atlantic shore. After publishing diverse academic articles, he turned to storytelling and wrote his debut novel, Love in Crisis, after age fifty.