Edward C. Harrison was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, on June 2, 1928, went to Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, and spent two years in the navy (1945?47). He lived in Key West, Florida, for four years, two years with a salvage boat taking cargo off sunken ships, then moved to Globe, Arizona, for one year, silver mining. He lived in Brooklyn, New York, for thirty-six years; moved to Howell, New Jersey, for two years; then moved to New Port Richey, Florida, in 1989. He is married to his wife, Ann.