Chuck Van Soye is a retired Du Pont sales/marketing manager who has for most of his adult life had an inclination towards the written word. Although educated as a chemical engineer at Cornell University, he enjoyed a diverse career: 2 years U.S. Army officer in Marshall Islands participating in first airdrop of a hydrogen bomb. 2 years as a chemical engineer for the Sun Oil Company  3 years as Assistant Editor, "Chemical Engineering" magazine, McGraw-Hill Publishing  3 years as Editor, Writer and Publisher of DuPont’s "Journal of Teflon" (Circ. 100,000)  1 year as aerospace advertising coordinator between Due Pont and BBD&O agency  Spare-time freelance technical writer for Cochran Chase advertising agency  Book Author: "Ghost of Africa," KDB 2019 (Amazon/Kindle) "American for Sale," CreateSpace 2016(Amazon/Kindle); "Pondering Life’s Imponderables," Trafford Publishing 2006 (Amazon); "Confessions and Misadventures of Charlie the Fisherman " 2011; "Spy Mates" Absolutely Amazing eBooks 2013 (Kindle); "The Renewables" Absolutely Amazing eBooks 2013 (Kindle);  Book Editor: "Marketing Muscle for the Small Business Or Start-Up," Creative Energy Publishers, 2003 (Amazon); "Angelic Warfare: The Stones of Fire," Outskirts Press 2011 (Amazon); "Engineer Your Perfect Child," SASI Publishers 2013 (Amazon). For 37 years, sustaining career was in the exciting world of industrial raw material sales, where his writing skills in support of several multimillion-dollar customer accounts served him well. Chuck, who is now 87, shares his life with his wife of 61 years, two sons and two grandchildren. He lives in Key West, FL.        

Eagle Scout
Bausch and Lomb Science Award
Scoutmaster
Du Pont Business Excellence Award
United States Patent Holder
Treasurer of Key West Writers Guild