Leonard Herman is a technical writer and computer programmer. He became hooked on video games after he played Pong at a local bowling alley in 1972. He later became interested in home video games when he purchased his Atari VCS in 1978 and eventually accumulated a collection of over five hundred cartridges. Mr. Herman, who is an award winning lyricist, has written articles for Videogaming & Computer Illustrated and other books: ABC to the VCS (A Directory of Software for the Atari 2600) and Sensored (A Novel of the Near Future). Mr. Herman has served as an advisor for Videotopia, a traveling video game museum exhibit.

Mr. Herman reside in New Jersey with his wife Tamar and sons Ronnie and Gregory.