Stoo Magoo

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stoo Magoo originates from Vancouver Island, British Columbia with a 30 year career in radio, television and print copywriting and production. He grew up in Los Angeles, joined the Air Force during the Viet Nam war and had seen most of the world by the time he was 26. He claims to have a diploma in English Literature under a pile of old newspapers in his garage earned at a community college in L.A.’s South Bay in the 70s. However, most of his creative enterprise he attributes to graduating cum laude from the University of Whimsical Adventure (UWA) with degrees as a Kootenay Forest Logging Swamper, a Mississippi River Barge Deckhand and a Bermuda Triangle Cabin Boy. Before devoting his time to novels, he was the creator of several short stories, one screenplay, two print magazines on the arts and numerous freelance articles for periodicals in the midwest and southwest.

Magoo is an avid fan of film noir, black and white photography and ping pong. He currently resides in the upper Arizona desert with a couple of frying pans and a fire extinguisher.