Robert St. Clare was born in Connecticut and is a graduate of Fairfield University. He is also a founding father of the Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter at Emerson College in Boston. His lifelong interest in traveling began when he visited the Soviet Union in 1988. Since then he has traveled to many countries, including Uruguay, where he befriended the Andes survivors, best known from the best selling 1974 book, Alive. In 1997, he moved to New York City and worked in the television commercial industry for several years. He now resides in Connecticut with his wife, Rosemarie.