Lloyd Biggle was born in Waterloo, Iowa. During World War II he served in a rifle company of the 102nd Infantry Division and was wounded twice, leaving him disabled for life. After the war, he received an A.B. Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. He taught at the University of Michigan and at Eastern Michigan University in the 1950s. He began writing professionally in 1955, and became a full-time writer with the publication of his novel, All the Colors of Darkness in 1963. He published two-dozen books, magazine stories, and numerous articles. He continued writing until his death in 2002.