Stanley L. Bradley is a retired elementary school teacher. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in education from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. His favorite pastime is working with young people. While originally from Western New York, he and his wife, Patricia, reside in a small community in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. He has loved writing stories since the mid-sixties. He has had an article published in a regional magazine which encouraged him to try creating books. Alpha: Book 3: Changes in the Wind is his seventh novel.