Stephen Challis

Steve Challis is a former UK Police Officer who emigrated to the USA in 2008.after serving in the police for 21 years,After leaving the Police Steve entered Politics and campaigned on behalf of the UK Independence Party in his home town of Eastleigh.In 2001 he was selected by his Party as the candidate for the Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency in the General Election. but failed to win the seat. Steve emigrated to the USA after becoming engaged to Eva an Alaskan resident who worked for the US forest service. After marrying Eva, the couple moved to Kentucky,and bought a small farm. In 2010.They opened Harmony Hollow Firearms Training a shooting school based on the farm. The School has expanded and now runs several courses a month An Endowment life member of the NRA and certified NRA instructor Steve also holds State certification for both Hunter Education and Concealed Carry training,as does Eva.

His first book Debarred the use of Arms detailed the introduction of the Gun ban in the UK,and has been endorsed by leading US defense expert ,Lt Col Dave Grossman ,who also wrote the forward. Steve is a tireless supporter of the 2nd Amendment and is frequently asked to speak at gun rights events and after dinner events . His second book Compulsion to Kill profiles the notorious murderers in the USA and elsewhere and their psychological make up.Steve's third book The Gun Free killing Zones of America explores the link between Gun Free Zones and Gun crime.

In the last two years Steve took a break from Gun Rights issues and wrote his first novel The White Silk Scarf which was an entry for the prestigious Novel breakthrough awards. The novel made it to the second round (Top 400) . The White Silk Scarf is a mystery/romance thriller set in wartime England and follows the exploits of a shot down German pilot who becomes embroiled in espionage and subterfuge while falling in love with an English girl who does not realize his true identity. This was followed by Wildcat mountain and Storm of the Shawnee. Historic novels dealing with the early settlement of the Kentucky Frontier. His latest novel Fragile Hero is another very accuarate historical novel,dealing with the Battle of Britain in 1940. It was published in May 2018.