Wallace J. Swenson was born and raised in rural Idaho. The fourth of eight children, he learned early about work hard and the value of things not material. After a twenty-year military career as a weatherman, he returned home to Idaho where he finished his degree in computer science and went to work for the US Department of Energy. After retiring, he wrote full-time as he and his wife of fifty-plus years tended to their grandchildren and to each other.
Wallace’s first novel in the Journey to the White Cloud series, Buell, was published in June 2015 by Five Star Publishing. He also published short stories in Idaho Magazine and presented his craft on radio and TV. Past state officer in the Idaho Writer’s League, Wallace felt strongly about giving back some of what he had been granted.