Like his literary hero, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dr. Michael Sanford was born in south Chicago. By high school, he was living in Kentucky. Completing his education at Vanderbilt University and the UK School of Dentistry, Dr. Sanford returned to the bluegrass state, where Michael and wife Sharon raised two children, Darek and Devon. The retired couple now divide their time between Kentucky and Florida, where Michael enjoys playing the piano, working on art projects and where he penned his first Tarzan novel.