About The Author, Charles B. Warren "Chuck"

Chuck was born into a typical middle-class family. He was the second of four siblings. Life in his family was stable and supportive. He shared a bedroom with his two younger brothers and many nights he would entertain them with stories he made up as his tale progressed. Although he was a good student, he remained shy and introverted. Much to the dismay of his older sister who tried unsuccessfully to get him involved in extra-curricular activities, he never participated in any activities at school.    

Chuck has enjoyed various educational and work experiences. He graduated from high school in Jacksonville, Florida in 1959. From there he attended the United States Naval Academy for two years before deciding that a life in the military was not for him. Preferring a small college, he attended a Methodist school, Pfeiffer College (now University), in North Carolina. It was here that he first became involved in extra-curricular activities. (His sister would be proud.) He was a member of their soccer team and a member of several clubs. He graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Religion. 

He then served the Methodist Church in Montevideo, Uruguay as director of the Casa de la Amistad (Friendship House) for three years. He returned to the United States with a Uruguayan bride. In November of 1966 she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. (He’s still beautiful and has a lovely family including his own beautiful son.) 

Chuck attended Florida State University where he worked towards a Master’s Degree in Criminology and Corrections. Upon completion of his studies, he travelled to New York City where he worked with street gangs as an employee of New York City’s Youth Services Agency. After a few years he switched employment to the New York State Narcotics Control Commission in their Methadone Program. While in New York he and his wife divorced. 

Preferring green grass and trees to concrete, he returned to Florida where he served as the director of a local Job Corps program. This was an experimental program to test the viability of smaller Job Corps projects designed to operate with twenty to thirty youths.

When he left Job Corps, he accepted a position with the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch as a social worker and, in a few years, was transferred to the Florida Sheriffs Girls Villa in Central Florida. He left that position to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received a Master’s Degree in Social Work. He then returned to the Girls Villa as one of the directors. While at the Girls Villa, he married his current wife, Bernie.  

He left the Villa program to work for the Florida Institute of Neurological Rehabilitation as a case manager and, from there, to Winter Haven Hospital where he worked in their brain injury program as a social worker. Winter Haven hospital was very generous in allowing him to receive training in the Sage-ing program which he continues to facilitate today. (www.sage-ing.org)

He retired from Winter Haven Hospital in 2003 and took up writing novels which had long been of interest to him. His vast experiences, education, and relationships have provided him with stimulating material to draw from.