Harry L. Sheehy graduated from Stanford University with a BA and an MBA before going on to earn a DDS from Northwestern University.

Over the years, he has worked as an industrial engineer, business executive, management consultant, health care provider, university professor, arbitrator, and liturgical director. Sheehy now serves as a volunteer career coach at the Career Transitions Center of Chicago.

A former Jesuit with an interest in the Catholic Church's role in modern society, he is the author of multiple nonfiction works, as well as the novel The People's Cardinal and its sequel, The People's Church in Crisis.

Sheehy lives with his wife Carolyn in Chicago, Illinois.