Robert G. Rogers was born into hard times in Mississippi. During his tour of duty in the Army, he worked in an intelligence gathering capacity. Afterwards he received a degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State and worked in aerospace. He graduated with honors from the USC law school and opened his own practice. After passing the NY bar, he earned an LLM from Tulane University and began representing lending and financial institutions responsible for the kinds of problems he describes in his books. During book breaks, he handcrafts wooden bowls, plays tennis and mangles a guitar. He divides his time between a home on the Leaf River in MS and in La Jolla, CA.
