Barry Nove has delved into his family history and their immigrant experience to the United States for over twenty years. He has published a number of short stories in anthologies, focusing on the Ellis Island Experience, two of which also appear in his non-fiction/history fiction work, The Ellis Island Experience: A Sampling of Stories and How You Can Research Your Own (published in 2014). He has presented on genealogy topics across the United States, focusing on the Ellis Island Experience and Jewish genealogy.

He currently resides in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Find the author on twitter at @Jewishgenealogy.