Andrew Charles Swanson was born and raised in a Roman Catholic home in Denver, Colorado, USA. His mother, Eileen, was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of Saint John the Evangelist parish. Andrew graduated from JK Mullen Prep School; the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a BA in English; California State University, Dominguez Hills, with a MA in Humanities-History; and Regis University, Denver, with a MS in Computer Science. In the picture, Andrew is wearing a sweater knitted by his wife, Kathleen, while he was away serving as a battalion intelligence staff officer for the third armored division during Desert Storm in 1990-91. Andrew is writing a series of historical novels which seem composed and narrated by a fictitious metaphysics professor and sister in the Order of Preachers (Dominican).