Stan L. Guyer was born and raised in Olympia, Washington. His father was a career military person, so for the first few years the family moved from one base to another. In 1960 Stan's father retired and the family moved back to Olympia where Stan graduated from Olympia high school and South Puget Sound Community College. Stan spent seven and a half years in the military himself attaining the rank of E-5. He went on to work for the State of Washington and retired aftyer 25 years so that he could spend more time on his writing.