Robin Swartz retired from military service and is now an author and part-time playwright living in his home state of Alaska. He studied journalism at Grossmont College and San Diego State University. In addition to Snowblind, he has outlined two other plays and is the author of Love Me: A look into a life of abuse, sex, drugs, and bipolar disorder. He is currently researching and writing a new book about an old missing-person case that is still open.