Richard P. Ley

Richard Ley has long been interested in defining innovative solutions to the nation’s economic, political and societal challenges. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated with a degree in economics from The Pennsylvania State University.

Following graduation, Mr. Ley worked for a financial institution and at one point, as a young banker, provided an informational report to his congressman, who arranged for an appearance before the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee studying ways to increase the nation’s savings rate.

It took a number of years for his first novel, Escape from Serfdom to be completed and some of the credit goes to his fellow members of the North Hills Toastmasters Club, whom listen and provided valuable feedback to many of the concepts and ideas contained in the novel. Unfortunately, soon after publication, the publisher went out of business.

Recently, Escape from Serfdom has been expanded into The Ship of State Series of four and possibly more novels. Additional novels include: FATE; Love My MB; and GIMPY and Dr. B. will be out soon. Mr. Ley is also writing screenplay and hopefully FATE will be made into a motion picture in the near future.

In October 2014, Mr. Ley was awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster designation for his individual efforts, along with the support he provided to his club and Toastmasters District 13.

Mr. Ley resides in suburban Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Barbara and two cats, Woody & Arlo. If you would like to get in touch with Mr. Ley email to rick@richardpley.com