Stanley was raised in a farming community in Montana.  Growing up in a rural setting encouraged an active imagination and an adventureous spirit.  Being in such an environment created a strong work ethick and desire to work with his hands.

 

After high school Stanley worked in a number of jobs in the lumber industry and then opened a construction business.  All the while developing a number of different skills and hobbies.

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At the age of thirty five, with a wife and three children he went back to school. Lori, his wife, supported him through graduation. Stanely then taught school and coached, basketball, volleyball and football for the next ten years.  Also, during this time he became a full time minister in a local church.

 

Stanley now ministers in the church, spends time with his family and nine grandchildren.  He has sixty four fruit and nut trees in his orchard, raises organic chickens, has a productive garden and a virtual paradise in his back yard.

 

Stanley has been a prolific reader from a young age having been introduced to the amazing worlds of Tolken and Herbert by a teacher.  Telling stories comes naturally to him.  So while teaching high school his students encouraged him to write them in a book.  Now, twenty years later, it has happened.