Curt grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, where he acquired most of his beliefs as a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and a Church Youth Group Leader. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam conflict. During his three-year enlistment, he earned two meritorious  promotions, traversed most of Southeast Asia and lost most of those beliefs.

​He went to college to understand America’s involvement in Vietnam and graduated summa cum laude with degrees in English and History with Honors. He wrote several poems and short stories that were published before he undertook a professional career leading to a partner-level position in a management consulting firm. He practiced internationally and spoke extensively on the strategic use of information technology for the practice and management of legal services. He published numerous articles in leading law journals such as The American Lawyer and the New York Law Journal

Curt retired in 2017 to pursue his interests in writing. His debut literary fiction novel, The Errors of Mankind was finally published in 2023 after years of research into history, philosophy and religion. Better is the End was published as a sequel in September 2024.