Stephen has written more than 1, 000 non-fiction and fiction stories and scholarly articles and published more than forty books in the areas of an anthropology, psychology and military history. His book: "America's Finest" won the 2010 Military Writers Society of America Award for Excellence in the area of Creative Non- Fiction writing. In 2008, he retired from the United States Army following nearly 38 years of active and reserve service. He plans more stories, articles and books in the near future and will continue to submit his completed works to nearly two dozen magazines and websites worldwide. He is also a graduate of Scecina Memorial High School. He may be reached at indianpete2@att.net