Cactus Island

William Manchee grew up in Ventura, California in the 60s. After obtaining his BA from UCLA in 1965 he and his family moved to Texas in 1970 where Manchee attended law school at SMU. He began his legal career in Dallas as a sole practitioner in 1976 and currently practices with his son Jim. A resident of Plano, Texas he and his wife Janet have been married nearly 40 years and raised four children. Inspired by twenty years of true life experiences as an attorney, Manchee discovered his passion for writing in 1995. Since then he has written twelve books and plans to write a book a year for the rest of his life. In addition to the Stan Turner Mysteries, Manchee is the author of the Rich Coleman Novel series, and has written a non-fiction work, Yes, We're Open, a book designed to help small businesses improve their chances of survival.Manchee, William is the author of 'Cactus Island', published 2006 under ISBN 9781929976386 and ISBN 1929976380.