Ron Stout is author of several books including Westward Ho! and Fireflies: God's Lessons on the Farm. He served two tours in the Korean conflict as a US Navy officer on a destroyer and earned his BTh from LIFE Bible College. He also worked for many years as a stock broker, branch manager of an NYSE firm, and as an independent registered investment advisor. Ron and his wife, Corinne, came to Arizona in 1980. Corinne passed in 2020.