Frank Cavallo was born in New Jersey in 1972.

He received a Bachelor's Degree in Film & Television at Boston University in 1994. After working for several years in film and video post-production in New York City, he left the business for law school. He earned a J.D. in 2000 at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and studied international law at St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

He is a criminal defense attorney at the Cuyahoga County Public Defender Office, and lives in Lakewood, Ohio.

The Lucifer Messiah is his first novel.