Stan Morris was born during the Truman Adminstration in Linwood, California. He lived in South Gate, Lakewood, and Norwalk before his family moved to Concord, California in 1964. He was education at a variety of community colleges before receiving a degree from Eastern New Mexico University. He has a wonderful wife, two grown gainfully employed children, and a thirst for reading, writing, watching sports, gardening, and international travel.