Myles J. Connor grew up in Milton, Massachusetts, the son of a decorated policeman. During the 1960s and 70s he was the leader of a successful Boston rock-and-roll band, Myles and the Wild Ones. He robbed his first museum when he was twenty years old. Shortly after, he gained notoriety for his daring escape from a Maine jail, and for his involvement in a dramatic shoot-out with Boston police. Connor has planned and executed numerous bank robberies and museum heists, several of which are told in the book The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Thief for the first time.