
Stanley E. Ely was born in Dallas,Texas, received
a bachelor ’s degree from Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois, served in the U.S.Army, and
earned a master’s degree from Hunter College in
New York City. A former international advertising
executive and full-time teacher of French and Spanish, he has recently focused on writing, with
the
publication of many articles and five books.
As a departure from his novels, in 2003 he also
completed and had readings of his two-act play,
A Pebble on Your Stone. Recently Ely has started to publish frequent blogposts on Huffington Post.
Ely lives in New York City and continues to teach, lecture and write short fiction and non-fiction.