Charles Stoll was born on Long Island in 1956. He began to write seriously at sixteen as therapy when several friends died in a fire. In high school, he won a national award in writing (N.C.T.E.) and was granted a scholarship to Syracuse University. Charles was in the Honors Program and joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. A favorite writing professor challenged him to write three books in three years to hone his writing skills. He accomplished that goal forty years later when life stopped interrupting.       “Now I can write what I have always loved to read. I am interested in any book that contains an insightful observation, a new perspective or a deeper message. I don't enjoy reading books that feel like another I've already read, told a slightly different way.   I place all of the truthes I have discovered in life in my stories. My characters are frequently on a mission and all have a distinct philosophy of life. I like to include at least one character whose energy or spirituality affects the others. Most of all, I hope my readers come away from my novels with a deeper appreciation of this mystery we call life.       “In my latest novel, Drunken Angel (Gatekeeper Press, 2018), Diasy Perlman overcomes an abusive childhood in the mythical town of Marmalade, learning her own version of life from her walks through the woods, to become the murderer that everyone loves.   In Sorry and Morticum (Gatkeeper Press, 2016), we visit Daytona a thousand years in the future when mankind is no longer the dominant culture, but life's problems have a way of enduring.   In The Time Thief (Gatekeeper Press, 2015), Professor Royale, his crazy dad and his inspired students dig up dead bodies and end wars.   In Enigma, discovering the moments that form your life (Gatekeeper, 2014) Joshua Chambers discovers that the real moments that made him who he is were really the small moments.          

N.C.T.E. (National Council of Teachers of English) National Award in Writing.
"Hanging in the Balance" 1991, University Editions
"Enigma, discovering the moments that form your life." 2014, Price World Publishing
"The Time Thief" 2015 Gatekeeper Press
"Sorry and Morticum" 2016 Gatekeeper Press