Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, Tracy grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from Airport High School in 1975. While in high school his creative interests were initiated when he served on the school annual staff.

After high school, Tracy spent eight years in the U.S. military. His last assignment was as an intelligence analyst for a military intelligence battalion in Augsburg, Germany.

Tracy left the military in 1985 and went to work in the private sector. During this period his wife, Dorenda went forward with her education and eventually finished her medical training. Her successful medical practice allowed Tracy to finish his education. He graduated from Winthrop University in 2008 with degrees in Philosophy and History.

WITH EVIL INTENT is his first novel and the first creative work to be published. Although he has been writing creatively and otherwise for a long time. He enjoys telling stories that entertain and also may expose or shine light on some of humanities problems. As a philosophy major he can't help but allow some of his perceptions to sneak into his works.