Eugene Franklin Bandy, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was an author, newspaperman and an account executive with several advertising agencies. He is the creator of:
1. 'Berkeley Barnes and Larry Howe', a corporate lawyer and private investigator and his sidekick (under the pseudonym 'Eugene Franklin').
2. 'Kevin MacInnes', the world's most expert operator of the Psychological Stress Evaluator (lie detector).