Gilbert Creutzberg

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gilbert Creutzberg drew on his own experiences of his youth in Nazi-occupied Holland in writing THE MOSAIC, published in 2009. He grew up in The Hague and lives in New York City. He attended New York University, and earned M.A. degrees from the New School University and Columbia University.

His first book, RIDE THE FORBIDDEN HORSE AND OTHER STORIES, was published in 1985 and reissued in 2010.

A certified rehabilitation counselor and licensed mental health counselor, he spent most of his career working in substance abuse rehabilitation.

Gilbert Creutzberg is also an amateur musician and photographer. He enjoys playing bridge, loves swimming, horseback riding, ping-pong and tennis, practices yoga and meditation daily, and spends weekends with friends at his wooded property tucked away in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania.