Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Follow Stan Parsons to get new release emails from Audible and Amazon.
Stan Parsons was born in 1945 in Danville VA. After attending the University of Richmond he worked in community banking till 2014. Life got in the way of his passion for writing, but he squeezed out two books while working and raising a family.
Once retired, he moved to Ophelia Virginia and frolicked on the waterways, volunteered, and relaxed until, in 2017, he was inspired to get serious about writing! He polished up "The Children’s Rights War" and "What Happened, Randi" then set a novel in Virginia’s Northern Neck, "CoriAnn Aground." "The Stovepipe Chess Club" followed, set in 1931 in a Chesapeake Bay fishing town based on Reedville. He enjoyed researching and writing about the Great Depression and his next book, "God Sent A Tramp," is also set in the early 1930’s. His most recent book, "As The Dust Falls" (see video trailer) came out in late summer 2020. Amid these novels, he bundled twenty of his short stories into "When Shadows Shine."
Character-driven Coming of Age and Historical Fiction became his primary genres. The plot lines are exciting though the books are essentially character-driven. Stan enjoys the research, using dialogue to describe what characters think and feel, and describing settings and scenes.
He has two author-read audio books, The Stovepipe Chess Club, and What Happened, Randi available at Audible.com. Although creating them was fun and rewarding, it was taxing. And it kept him from his writing, which is again his primary focus for the foreseeable future.
When asked why he writes Historical Fiction and Coming Of Age, he replied. "I was raised by the generation that dealt with the Great Depression and WWII, heard about them all my life, respected the generation, and was drawn to write about it.
"As for Coming of Age, I’ve known people who display traits I desire. They are good listeners, show interest in and care for others, they’re helpful, they love. They are joyful, content. I’ve watched others around them become aware of these qualities and begin to develop them. I’ve seen how they support each other, deal with problems and tragedies, and grow. My books have at least one character with those traits, and their example and guidance helps other characters Come of Age. Perhaps I write Coming of Age because I crave it for myself."
Read more
Read less
