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Stoney Compton has had novelettes and short stories published in Universe 1, Tomorrow, Speculative Fiction, Writers of the Future, Vol. IX and Jim Baen's Universe. His novel, Russian Amerika (Baen Books) was published in 2007 and the sequel, Alaska Republik, arrived in February 2011.
Treadwell, A Novel of Alaska Territory, is straight historical fiction and available in ebook format or trade paperback. His historical fiction is published under his given name, Leonard Wayne Compton. Level Six and Whalesong are science fiction and published under under his nickname, Stoney Compton.
He is an Illustrator for Chief of Naval Air Training at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX.
During his years in Alaska he worked as a produce apprentice; shipping & receiving clerk; gandy dancer for the USAF/Alaska Railroad; emergency firefighter for BLM; school bus driver; cameraman and film editor for KTVF-TV in Fairbanks; media specialist for Tanana Chiefs Health Authority; art director for Tundra Times, an Alaska Native weekly newspaper; freelance artist in Fairbanks and Juneau; art director for KTOO-FM&TV public broadcasting for Juneau; operated Ptarmigan Ptransport & Ptours in Juneau; was a Motorcoach Commander for Princess Tours; and worked for the Alaska Departments of Fish & Game, and Health & Social Services. For a year and a half he worked for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. He also worked with the 6th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada where he developed a deep respect for JTACs.
He is a native of Grand Island, Nebraska. He served an enlistment in the U.S. Navy where he had the honor of being a crew member on USS Yorktown, CVS-10, as well as in VR-24 Det in Naples, Italy.
His fine art has been in juried shows from New York to Hawai'i, and Alaska to California.
After 31 years in Alaska he now lives in Corpus Christi, Texas with his wife, Colette, their ever changing number of cats, and Pullo, their energetic Australian Blue Heeler. He is an avid hiker and velocipede enthusiast.

Treadwell, A Novel of Alaska Territory has its own facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Treadwell.novel where Stoney periodically posts vintage photos of Southeast Alaska and life in 1915-1917. Please visit and give it a "Like!"

http://stoneycompton.com/