John Kepler was born in 1963 in Hollywood, Florida, spending most of his younger years in Davie, Florida, near the Everglades, fishing, exploring, and getting into trouble. In 1979, he moved to Puerto Rico where he attended school at Commonwealth High School in Hato Rey. After graduating from Lipscomb University, he spent time in Eastern Europe working with Ukrainian archaeologists and war graves, digging up bombs and bodies and eluding government authorities. Today, he lives in Normandy, Tennessee. He loves writing, treasure hunting, and dark water diving. John Kepler should, for all practical purposes, be long dead by now - and he has the medical receipts to prove it!