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BIO
Stephen Enzweiler is an American author and journalist.
Born into a creative family of artists, musicians and writers, he credits his mother with instilling in him an early appreciation for writing and a love for books. Field trips to museums, libraries and long afternoons reading were regular features of early life. In high school, he began to write regularly for his school paper and by age fifteen was publishing a steady stream of articles and stories in local newspapers.
He studied Journalism at college, wrote for the university newspaper and published creative works in the school's literary publication, The Athenaeum. After graduation, he worked in public relations and as a reporter for several years. In 1981, experiencing a yearning to get out and see the world, he quit his job and joined the Air Force. He received his commission and went on to fly tankers, reconnaissance, and transport aircraft in active and reserve service spanning nearly 23 years. He is a decorated veteran of the Cold War and the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afgahnistan Wars.
In 1994, he returned to journalism and the writing life. He worked for a time with Turner Pictures in Atlanta before becoming editor of Cincinnati Style Magazine in 1996. He wrote plays and authored screenplays for film and television, including co-writing a television series for TNN called "The Song Tells the Story."
He taught creative writing at college for eight years, during which time he became heavily involved in writing fiction, producing the short story "Whiskey and White Coffins," which became a film in 2003.
His experiences flying in the wars served as the basis for a series of sketches and short |
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"History is memory.
A culture without memory
is a culture without a future."
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stories published in 2003-2004 under the title, War Diary. After coming home from overseas in 2004, he went to work for Y'all Magazine in Oxford, Mississippi where he became a senior editor in 2007. His insightful articles and vivid stories, written in a distinctive style and characterized by its focus on the human experience combined with rich prose, have gained him a broad national readership as well as the attention of publishers.
In 2010, when Y'all Magazine closed its doors, Stephen turned his attentions to his first love - history. Later that year, History Press published his first major work, Oxford in the Civil War. The book details the saga of the residents of Oxford, Mississippi between 1861-65 as seen through their eyes. The book was hailed by the Civil War News as "highly recommended" and by the Oxford Eagle as "a page turner" and "hard to put down."
Mr. Enzweiler's writings appear in publications across the country. He is at work on several new projects, including a new book of Mississippi Civil War history scheduled for release in Spring 2012.
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