WG #24 is fun facts about authors. I’ve decided to choose Christopher Stasheff, not just because he’s a brilliant writer, but also because he and his family are wonderful people and close friends of mine. So here you go.
- When he’s not writing, he’s teaching: he used to teach theater at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and now teaches radio and television at Eastern New Mexico University.
- He named his four children after kings and queens.
- His daughter has done some ghostwriting for him.
- He naturally resembles Santa Claus, and has been a mall Santa several times.
- His books were popular on the black market in Soviet Russia.
- His BA and MA degrees were in Speech and Broadcasting, both from the University of Michigan, but his PhD is in Theater, from the University of Nebraska.
- He is a practicing Catholic.
- He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and Ann Arbor, Michigan; raised his kids in New Jersey and Champaign, Illinois; and now lives in Portales, New Mexico.
- He co-wrote the final two Harold Shea novels with L. Sprague de Camp.
- Though he appears on a number of author sites and fan sites, Mr. Stasheff has no homepage of his own.
P.S. – If you’re curious: my review of St. Vidicon to the Rescue.
Wow – I’ve not heard of this author (I really don’t know or follow authors, actually) this is fascinating and having lived in Nebraska, I keyed in on that. He’s moved around all over the country! He’s sounds interesting, too. HOw do you know him?
His daughter was a classmate of mine, starting in third grade when they moved to Illinois from New Jersey. Great people.