World War Two veteran, father of four, Elsan Stafford had been a writer and novelist for over sixty years, with a number of poems, short stories and journalistic pieces published in both regional and national publications during his long literary career.

Besides having seen his major tome The Blue Marionette previously published in print, Elsan penned two other novels, an extensive short story, as well as complete manuscript of poetry (three of which have been published and are available on this website). The authors who inspired him are Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Wolfe, Victor Hugo, Laurence Hope and George Byron, to name a few. For it is the slice-of-life genre through which he enjoys writing, and believes that a central theme and moral conclusion are essential to a poem or story’s success.

*Elsan Stafford passed on in January of 2007. He will be much missed.

 

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