Todd lived most of his pre-adult life in San Diego, California. He enlisted in the Marine Corps out of high school in 1991 and served as an infantry Marine at Camp Pendleton, California, before he attended the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994. After graduation in 1998, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer and served onboard a supply ship stationed in Bremerton, Washington, before being accepted into Naval Aviation. He earned his Navy "Wings of Gold" in Pensacola, Florida, in 2002 and flew the MH-53E Sea Dragon while stationed at NAS Sigonella, Italy, and the MH-60S Knighthawk at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. Todd married his flight school sweetheart, Bonnie, also a Naval Aviator, in 2003. She also flew the MH-60S in Norfolk, VA.
Todd earned a Bachelor of Science in History from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Arts in Diplomacy from Norwich University where he studied Europe and the Middle East extensively. On his non-flying staff tour, he served with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in Naples, Italy, where he was designated a Naval Strategist and spent time traveling and studying international relations throughout Europe and the Middle East on missions for the U.S. Navy.
Todd has had his short fiction published with both Potluck Magazine and The Subtopian e-zine. Looking into the Sun is his first novel. Todd is still serving in the U.S. Navy and is currently working on his second novel in his spare time between spending time with Bonnie and their two children, Isabella and Vincent.