Born in 1979, Christopher Cardinal grew up in rural Nevada and now lives in San Diego, where he works at a marketing and technology consulting firm he started in 1993.

In 2006, Cardinal began writing the Tales from 2040 series. He later founded 2040 Vision with the goal of promoting charitable capitalism - specifically by forming a network of paid professionals who work together to develop ways for powerful companies to make solving social problems a profitable part of their business.