Clinton Borden Davis Jr. was born in Attleboro Massachusetts. The name Borden comes from Lizzie Borden who babysat the author's father. Born in May of 1930 he is Irish, English, and Scottish. Coming out of the service he was offered a contract by MGM. He graduated from Bridgeton Academy in Maine and the Bishop Lee Theater School in Boston. He moved to California and graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse. After acting for several years, he went into the insurance industry. He was appointed to the California Senate as an insurance adviser and marketed insurance to agents throughout the United States. Now semi retired, writing novels is the future.