Andrew E. Stoner started writing as a boy by teaching himself to type on an old Underwood manual typewriter. A journalist by training, his writing has been published in the South Bend Tribune, Goshen News, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Recorder, Sports Illustrated and Colliers Worldbook Encyclopedia. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Franklin College of Indiana and a master's degree in journalism from Ball State University. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in journalism and technical communications at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.