Stan Ellis

Stan views his life as an amazing adventure. Growing up in a military family, their travels served as highly imaginary boyhood expeditions. After graduating college in 1967, he served two years in the US Army before returning to Florida to begin a professional career in human services. He married his soul mate, Renee Gorman, in 1981. Her passing in 2006 initiated a quest to realize the essence of his true being. This mystical and enlightening experience inspired him to write "The Chrysopoeia Revelation."

Stan's professional credentials included Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified Associate Behavior Analyst. He is retired from a career involving his unique skills in behavior therapy. In the thirty-year span of his human services career, he served as a behavior therapist, rehabilitation coordinator, children’s protective services investigator, vice-president of operations, and residential training center’s facility administrator. Stan highlights his professional experience as an interaction in “triumphs of the human spirit.” He is retired and lives near the Central Florida Gulf Coast where he writes and maintains a lifelong relationship with Mother Nature through canoeing and hiking. his prior writing experience includes poems published in five anthologies.

Stan's Accolades Include:

Editors Choice Award (2000)

"America At The Millennium," The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century.

The International Library of Poetry.

"Outstanding Poets of 1998"

The National Library of Poetry