William Keightley was born February 6, 1962 at Providence hospital in Kansas City, Ks . He was the fourth of five children. He grew up until the age of 11 in a modest home in Wyandotte county. At the age of eleven the Keightley family moved to the country 6 miles from Windom, KS., 16 miles from the nearest grocery store in Hutchinson, KS. Keightley enjoyed the outdoors and this move suited him, with a farm pond full of catfish and ducks right on the property. Through his school years Keightley never found academics difficult, in fact school was too easy and bored him. Keightley endured the social difficulties, made friends, played football, fit in. Keightley moved out of the family home right at 16 years of age to reside with his girlfriend. After 6 months of marriage the now 17 year old Keightley found himself in a delivery room in Moundridge Kansas, watching his first of five children being born. This is still the most powerful thing he has ever witnessed. Keightley was part of a family business from 1979- 1981. Keightley began working as a carpenter in 1982. The company he worked for soon ran out of carpentry work, but told Keightley he could continue to work for them if he could spray paint . Keightley had enough forethought to realize he was running out of work as a carpenter and enlisted the journeymen spray men to teach him their craft. New things always came easy for Keightley. He dove right in and impressed the boss with his new found abilities. Keightley honed his painting skills. The color selection skills absorbed from contracting to paint Art Museums and high end resort homes, would definitely play a part later in glass. Keightley began his Art education painting Holiday and advertising window art with Artist Jackie Mann in Fresno, Ca. Their clients included Wal-mart, pet stores, doctors offices and several strip mall shops. After many years of running up and down ladders, Keightley’s body was beginning to wear. Keightley started looking for other alternatives for a career. A Friend approached Keightley with an offer to buy his home at a price he couldn’t refuse. Keightley and his wife signed the papers and began to look at the options this new found wealth had made available. Keightley’s wife was already teaching stained glass and mosaic classes for the local Community College in their home studio, They discussed the opportunity of opening a store in the Outer Banks of NC. In 2001, right after the 9/11 attacks they signed the lease and began to build out That Stained Glass Place in Seagate North Shopping Center In Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Keightley’s art business education began. Keightley spent the next 7 years learning through trial and error how to teach stained glass and mosaics, and operate a retail art studio. The methods Keightley developed To make Walk-in mosaics successful allow him to help his clients with glass selection and the overall design process. Keightley takes pride in his patience and ability to guide the client through the design process to insure they get the finished product they desire. Keightley returned to the Midwest after being gone for 25 years to look after his oldest sons daughter. This would turn out to be one of the things that would bring him happiness for the rest of his days. Keightley was always looking for a new challenge, After his father passed away in late November of 2016, he was faced with the challenge of survival. Keightley had been his father's caregiver for three years. His father was diagnosed with bladder cancer a few months before his death and Keightley had started looking for other options to procure his lively hood. Keightley's father had begun to need more help getting up than Keightley's back could sustain. Keightley called his brother and told him the situation and Keightley's brother and nephew would take care of Keightley's father for the last month of his life. Keightley's income ended. Keightley's youngest son had recently started a tree trimming business and Keightley was watching his youngest child and helping with marketing the new startup. One week to the day after his father passed, Keightley found himself looking at his youngest son in the ICU unit with one bullet hole in his neck and one in his chest. This tragedy Inspired Keightley's first short story, A Family's Nightmare which was published on Christmas Eve 2016. Keightley has only just begun his writing career. The project he is working on right now was suggested and named by his granddaughter Ampa's Little Girl will be released 04-04-2017 on his granddaughter's 10th birthday.