Ken McDorman was born and raised in upstate New York. After graduating from SUNY Oswego in 1986, he received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. The author, along with his wife Lynn, embarked on an Army career that spanned 25 years. In 2024, the author and his family moved to Sterling, New York. The author found the inspiration to write about Denmark from his mother. She was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents met in Copenhagen in the 1950s while his father was on a weekend pass while serving with the U.S. Army in Germany. They settled near the ancestral home in upstate New York.