Hyde Flippo was born in New Mexico (USA). After growing up in California and North Carolina, the author has lived in Reno, Nevada since 1960. He is now a retired high school and community college teacher (of German, natürlich) and keeps busy writing, as well as being the webmaster for several websites. As a teacher Flippo took many of his students to Germany for home-stay exchanges. He has lived in Berlin and enjoys returning there often. He and his wife regularly travel to Germany and other European countries to keep current and enjoy time with friends and family there.