Michael Spring was born in New York City in 1941. He has degrees in English Literature from Haverford and Columbia University. After his junior year in college he spent ten months hitching around the world. On his return, he worked for more than two decades as editorial director of Fodor's Travel Guides and publisher and vice-president of Frommer's Travel. He and his wife Janis have written three books together - After the Affair (HarperCollins), How Can I Forgive You? (HarperCollins) and Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent (Penguin). They live in Westport, CT.