R.T. Caldwell was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. At an early age, he moved with his parents to Toronto, Canada. At age eighteen, still an American Citizen, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served 4 years.Upon discharge, he returned to Canada and embarked on a career that saw him run many businesses and eventually his own.He has always had a passion for writing, and did so whenever he found time.He has had poems and short short stories published.Caldwell plays guitar and piano and does pencil and pastel portraits.He has travelled extensively in North America and half the countries in the Far-East but the trip he recalls with most fondness is when he hitchhiked solo across North America and back.He has been on a weight-training regimen for twelve years. He was captain of his high school football team and was named the 'Best Defenseman' in his hockey league.