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Stephen Bly (Ivanhoe, California, 1944-2011) was an American author and novelist. He wrote more than 100 books and hundreds of articles, poems, and short stories. His book, ''The Long Trail Home'' Broadman & Holman, won the 2002 Christy Award in the category western novel:. Three other books, ''Picture Rock'' Crossway Books, ''The Outlaw’s Twin Sister'' (Crossway Books), and ''Last of the Texas Camp'' (Broadman & Holman), were Christy Award finalists. Bly’s books, primarily western novel genre in the American West, historical and contemporary, are written from a Christian worldview.(1) His ''Paperback Writer'' was noted in a Publisher’s Weekly review for its “amusing parody of the proverbial dime-store paperback novel. . . “(2) ==Personal== Stephen Bly was born August 17, 1944, Ivanhoe, California, to Arthur "Art" Worthington and Alice Wilson Bly and died June 9, 2011, in Lewiston, Idaho. He had one sibling, a sister, Judith "Judy" Bly Walston. He grew up on a farm in central California’s San Joaquin Valley. He ranched with his uncle M. J. Allen near Coalinga, California, and his father Arthur Bly in Ivanhoe, California, until age 30. He also served a brief stint in politics by helping Assemblyman Gordon W. Duffy of California State Legislature win his first term and stayed on as his administrative assistant. After serving as pastor of several Presbyterian churches in California, he was the pastor of Winchester Community Church and elected to several terms as city councilman and as mayor of Winchester, Idaho (2000–2007). He was an Active Member of the Western Writers of America. He also collected and restored antique Winchesters and was roving editor for Big Show Journal. Stephen graduated ''summa cum laude'' in Philosophy from California State University, Fresno (1971) and received a M.Div from Fuller Theological Seminary (1974). From 1982 to 1996, he was part of a team of speakers who represented Family Living Conferences for Moody Bible Institute. He traveled with Kevin Leman, Gary Chapman (author), Dr. Harold J. Sala, Gary Ezzo (Babywise), and Greg Speck. He and his wife, Janet, mentored writing students for Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild. He met his wife, Janet Chester, at Redwood High School (Visalia), California. He and Janet (also a writer) raised three sons: Russell (married to Lois) and father of Zachary and Miranda (married to Chris Ross); Michael (married to Michelle); and Aaron (married to Rina Joye) and father of Keaton. He once told an interviewer that he doesn’t like writing about a place he’s never been. That means loading his truck to cruise up and down most every road, paved and unpaved, in the 11 western states of the U.S. He’s spent much more time on unpaved roads than highways. In fact, asphalt and blacktop bore him. Interstates drone like a prison line because he sees nothing but the rig in front of him.(3) On June 9, 2011, Bly died at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston after a 5-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 66 years old. At the time of his death, he was working on his last fiction book, Stuart Brannon's Final Shot. His wife, Janet, and three adult sons—Russell, Michael and Aaron—finished the novel for him. Released in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Bly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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