D. G. McCool Jr. was born in 1957 and was raised in the US in the Midwest. Growing up, he was fascinated with science fiction stories, and this interest led to some early exposure to reading since he was drawn to stories related to science fiction. This led to him writing short stories throughout his early school years. He had a ten-year career in the US Army, followed by fourteen years in law enforcement. Mr. McCool now works as an author of book for San-del Writers LLC.