A. M. Juster is a graduate of Yale and Harvard Law School and has accepted two honorary degrees. He worked for many years in the biotechnology industry and gained a reputation as an expert on rare diseases and as a chief executive officer who excelled at turning around troubled publicly traded companies.
The author also had a long career in the federal government, where he worked in senior positions for four Presidents, twice in the White House. As General Counsel of the US Department of Health & Human Services, he was a co-architect of the first expedited drug approval regulations for the FDA, regulations which have improved the lives of millions of Americans. He also received national attention for successfully arguing in federal court the first patient dumping enforcement case and successfully trying the first federal HIV discrimination enforcement case.
Books in order of publication:
Longing for Laura (Birch Brook Press, 2001)
The Secret Language of Women (University of Evansville Press, 2003) The Satires of Horace – 2008
Tibullus’ Elegies (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Saint Aldhelm’s Riddles (University of Toronto Press 2015)
The Billy Collins Experience – 2016
Sleaze & Slander: New and Selected Comic Verse, 1995-2015 – 2016
Girlatee – 2025
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