Cecil Pickler was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. At the age of nineteen, he joined the US Marine Corps and served in the Republic of Vietnam as an engineer. He later studied theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, earning an Associate of Divinity degree. He did further studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is an ordained minister of the Baptist faith and has served as pastor and associate pastor for two biker churches. Mr. Pickler, himself a biker, rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle and often takes trips with friends to other parts of the country.

Mr. Pickler is married to Deborah Harding Pickler, and they reside in Greensboro. This is his first publication.