David Greatrix is an air force brat and Prairie boy who did most of his early growing up in Canada’s capital (Ottawa) and in Germany (Lahr), in addition to spending a good number of his formative years as a child and adult in Winnipeg. His university studies as a student were followed by his moving into his years of growth as an industry professional breaking into the challenging field of aerospace engineering. The subsequent 25 years of his career were as a professor of aerospace engineering at a university in Toronto, which his second book, Farewell to the Good Old Days is largely a product of. Now free as of 2019, he has completed his third book in 2021, Why Various Canadian Institutions Royally Suck.