Mick Deal was born in the United States of America in March of 1965 but came to live in England while still a small child. He was educated at Rednock Comprehensive in Dursley, Gloucestershire but returned to the States upon graduation and served for a short while in the US Army. Upon his return to the UK he came to settle in Stroud, Gloucestershire where he would develop an interest in politics and political theory. The burgeoning pursuit of his academic studies during this period later led to him studying history, politics and philosophy at the University of Kent, at Canterbury. He would later go on to study successfully at postgraduate level. He has worked in the Higher Education sector since 1999 and currently lives in Milton Keynes.