Shelley Blanton Stroud grew up in California’s Central Valley. She recently retired from teaching writing at Sacramento State University and still consults with writers in the energy industry. She also serves as President of the Board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children; serves on the Board of Advisors for the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont McKenna College; and previously codirected Stories on Stage Sacramento. Flyboy is her third Jane Benjamin novel, following Copy Boy and Tomboy. Her writing has been a finalist in the Sarton Book Awards, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award, the American Fiction Awards, and the National Indie Excellence Awards. Shelley and her husband live in Sacramento, California, surrounded by photos of their out-of-town sons and their wonderful partners, and a lifetime of beloved dogs.
