Lew Stonehouse was born and raised in central New York and spent much of his youth sailing, canoeing and wandering the backwoods of the Adirondack Mountains.  After serving the public as a Deputy Sheriff in the Chicagoland area for many years, he entered private practice and roamed the world working cases for over a decade.  He eventually formed his own private investigation company and operated it for eighteen years.  He currently conducts investigations for an international firm.

The experience garnered from his eclectic career in law enforcement and the private sector, from gruesomesome homicides to gut busting humor, has provided him with a wealth of real life experiences that he can draw upon to provide a realisim that allows him to write his suspensful crime thrillers.  He has published four novels, all of which center around John Livinston Harvard, a divorced former policeman, raising a young dauther wile working as a practicing private investigator.