Benjamin Anderson grew up in Mechanicsburg, where he continues to reside. When he was seventeen, he completed a book of science fiction, Sirens of Morning Light. Yearning for adventure, he toured the US from coast to coast, which became the basis for his memoir, Eighteen In Cross-country Odyssey. He received two degrees while he was an undergraduate at Shippensburg University. Middle of the Road is a novel about late fulfillment.