Jaroslav Petrík was born on September 29, 1941 in Napajedla, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for
The Secret of an Old Attic (1984),
Kopretiny pro zámeckou paní (1981) and
O statecném kovári (1983). He died on April 30, 1990 in Napajedla, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].