LES STANDIFORD is the author of 25 critically acclaimed books, including 10 novels and the nonfiction Last Train to Paradise (now nearing its 40th printing); Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago and the Rise of America’s Xanadu; Meet You in Hell; and Bringing Adam Home. His book The Man Who Invented Christmas was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and made into a feature film starring Christopher Plummer and Dan Stevens in 2018. He is distinguished university professor of English and founding director of the creative writing program at Florida International University, and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah. He attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and Columbia School of Law, and is a former screenwriting fellow and graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He lives in Miami with his artist wife Kimberly.
