STEPHEN BLY has authored ninety-two books, hundreds of articles, and has over one million books in print. His book The Long Trail Home (Broadman & Holman) won the 2002 Christy Award for excellence in fiction. His most recent book Paperback Writer (Broadman & Holman) has received strong national reviews (Publisher’s Weekly, July 14, 2003, et. al.). He speaks at colleges, schools, churches, seminars, and conferences across the U.S. and Canada. He has spoken on numerous television and radio programs, including Dr. James Dobson’s Focus On the Family. He is the pastor of the only church in town, Winchester Community Church. He also serves as the town’s mayor. He is an active member of the Western Writers of America.
He and his wife, Janet (who is also a writer), live at 4,000 feet elevation in the mountains of north-central Idaho, in the pine trees, next to a lake on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The Blys have three sons: Russ, Mike, and Aaron, two daughters-in-law, Lois and Michelle, and two grandchildren, Zachary and Miranda.
He is seldom, if ever, seen without his cowboy boots, hat, and jeans.
He owns two horses … Carlos and Sage (the horse formerly known as Prince.)
In 1963 he married the girl who sat behind him in his freshman English class.