Chuck Marunde

Chuck grew up in Alaska in a 900 square foot cabin with his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Their cabin was heated with a 55-gallon barrel welded into a wood stove. A single kerosene lantern hanging from a 16-penny nail lit the entire cabin. The outhouse was a lonely walk in the middle of a dark cold winter night. Their little cabin burned 10 cords of firewood every winter.

Life in remote Alaska was harsh in the late ‘60s, but it was also rich with experiences and valuable lessons for life. Chuck worked his way through college as a firefighter for the BLM (Bureau of Land Management). After graduating from the University of Alaska with a B.A. in Economics, he got his teaching credentials and taught high school for two years. He then married and attended Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane while raising a family.

Chuck joined the USAF and served four years as a Captain and a JAG. After the military, he worked for Chuck Colson and Prison Fellowship Ministries as Area Director of Nevada and Utah. He was drawn back to Washington state as he looked for a safe place to raise his children. That’s when he found Sequim, Washington, and he finished 20 years of law practice in Sequim, one of the most beautiful areas of the country.

Chuck has four children, two of whom became professional athletes, one with his own T.V. show, and one who is a commercial fisherman in Alaska and a daughter who works for a large financial services company.

Chuck has written over 60 books in multiple genres and in all formats. He also is a professional book narrator, and he is the founder and CEO of Sakal Publishing Company as well as Sakal Publishing Academy. With over 15 years of writing and publishing success and a lifetime of experience, Chuck likes to say he is in the prime of his life, and "I'm having more fun than a human should be allowed to have."