PR Fittante was born in New Jersey but moved to North Carolina at the age of 11. A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, he served 20 years in the United States Air Force as an operational pilot in the B-1B bomber and as a test pilot in both the B-1B and the B-2 stealth bomber. His first novel, Spirit Flight, is an aviation thriller based on his experience as a test pilot in the B-2. His second novel, God's Eye, is another thriller, this time with a space-based setting.