McSwain was born in Chicago, Illinois. He aspires to be both a doctor of medicine and an accomplished author and artist. His hobbies include martial arts, bowling, painting, music and linguistics. He has three novels awaiting publication: Quest For The Scorpion's Claws, The Death Trap, and Genesis, An Anthology of Poetic Expression. Mr. McSwain has written and illustrated over a dozen children's books which also feathers Humphrey and his friends, George Secret Friends, Bessie The Bossy Cow, Larry The Lonely Lamppost, and Pet Wars.