Robert D. Young is from Oklahoma but has moved around a bit. He worked in business in various positions such as a marketing and sales manager, an editor on a magazine in aerospace, creative director, and as a laborer. In his late twenties, he went back to school and eventually received the Doctor of Arts in English and art. He has taught English, writing, art, and the humanities in the university for forty years. Along the way, he got into skiing, sailing, scuba diving, photography, and music. His great passion has been traveling, and he has seen much of the world.