Brooklyn-born John Sponcia earned his bachelor's degree in business from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He worked for Ford Motor Company for 19 years, and later managed and owned a Ford dealership for 13 years. He also had an auto consulting business that enabled him to work in Russia. He has resided in New York, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. He and his wife of over 40 years have two adult children. This is the author's second book, and his first book as a fiction writer.