Victor Hess’ novels were chosen as finalist in the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing competition in 2015 and 2019, and an Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Inspirational category of the 2018 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest. The third novel in this series will be released this year. Besides a successful businessman, he has been a community Economic Development specialist, an Army Bomb Disposal Instructor, and, for decades, taught Bible Study for children and adults. Raised in Ohio, he attended Central State University and Ohio University.