F.A. Chekki was born in New York, U.S.A., in 1977. He attended schools in New Hampshire and Colorado having attained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Law. He presently lives and works in the Dallas, TX, area, is married, and has three children. He has worked as an educator and attorney, and has committed himself to being the author of children's literature. Moreover, the author has a great love for the medieval times and is an active enthusiast for all things educational about the period.