Danziger was born in the Bronx, attended the University of Vermont and the University of Denver. He served as an intelligence officer in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star and an Air Medal. His work has appeared in newspapers around the world, from the Los Angeles Times to the London Times to the Moscow Times, and was on the Washington Post editorial page September 12 2001. He has published several novels, a children’s book and his Vietnam memoir, “Lieutenant Dangerous.”