Neal W. Fandek writes and edits for regional, national, and international entities. His credits include health, nutrition, and fitness books for the Rodale Press; college-level science, nursing, medical-surgical, and drug textbooks for Springhouse Corp.; pharmaceutical sales manuals for Pfizer; marketing materials for Merck, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Wyeth-Ayerst, and Centeon; and articles for the Missouri Medical Review, Children’s Miracle Network, Rehab Review, and other medical publications.

Fandek earned bachelor's degrees in history and journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's in education from the University of Missouri. His fiction has been published in numerous journals, and his first novel was published in late 2017.