Seán Dwyer is a college professor, a songwriter, and the author of award-winning fiction and non-fiction. Just as the possibility of publishing his debut novel was on the near horizon, both his career in teaching and his future as an author were put on hold due to a shocking car accident. While stopped at a crosswalk, he was rear-ended at 50 mph and suffered two serious concussions in two seconds. His injuries have left him with challenging balance issues and light sensitivity and rendered him unable to read or write for more than moments at a time. After nearly five years, he has recovered from some of his symptoms, while others linger still. In part as brain therapy but also as emotional therapy, Seán wrote a memoir of his recovery, A Quest for Tears: Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury to provide support and information to other Traumatic Brain Injury survivors. .