Anders W. Edwardsson was born in Dalskog, Sweden. After becoming interested in history and politics in his youth, he went on to pursue academic studies and received an M.A. in History at Uppsala University in 2002. After also studying U.S. history for a year at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, he returned to Europe to work as a field archeologist in Ireland and the U.K. After that, he moved back to Sweden and wrote two books on Swedish history. He also worked as a political commentator and syndicated columnist before moving permanently to the U.S. in 2011 to study Politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. He earned his Ph.D. in 2021. While in D.C., Anders met and married his wife Jen and they currently live outside Tampa, Florida. Anders enjoys the warm, sunny climate, riding his bike and working in the shadow of a palm tree.