Oren was born in Detroit and now resides in Los Angeles, where he operates his own personal training studio.  Aside from fitness, his biggest passion is travel, and this is the source for his writing material.  He likes to incorporate the places he goes, things he sees and people he meets into his stories, giving his version of suspense-thriller fiction a sense of reality.  The Europe Tracks is based on his trip to Europe, which he took after graduating college.  His second novel, The Gringo Trail, follows suit and is based on his first time in South America.