D E Stockman

D. E. Stockman was reared in a small town in the Midwest and now lives outside Chicago. After serving in the military as a Russian translator, he graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a bachelor of arts degree. He has been involved in various aspects of the graphic arts; as a fine art painter, a color analyst for Playboy and National Geographic magazines at a publication printer, and as an illustrator and book designer for imprints of the publishers Simon and Schuster, Harcourt Brace, and Pearson Education. He began writing articles for an e-zine and trade journals before beginning his first novel. David researched the history of a French frigate for over a decade and now recounts the fascinating story of the ship’s fictional and historical characters in his debut book, The Ship’s Carpenter, part of the tall-ship Tween Sea & Shore Series. His author website can be reached at: https://stockmanbooks.com