Stew Hanley is a novelist and playwright from the northeastern United States whose passion for storytelling led him to writing later in life. He began his creative journey writing for the stage before turning to novels, where he discovered the freedom to explore bigger worlds, deeper characters, and stories unconstrained by the limits of a theater set.
Drawn to compelling characters and difficult moral choices, Stew writes across multiple genres saying he has a genre-agnostic imagination. Whether crafting historical fiction, thrillers, mysteries, or contemporary drama, he follows the story wherever it leads—whichever way the wind blows.
A lifelong student of history, Hanley enjoys uncovering the people and events that have shaped the world, and that fascination often finds its way into his fiction. His work blends emotional depth with page-turning storytelling, exploring themes of loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and the unexpected consequences of ordinary decisions.
When he's not writing, Stew is usually researching his next project, studying history, or imagining the next story waiting to be told.
Stew Hanley is a novelist and playwright from the northeastern United States whose passion for storytelling led him to writing later in life. He began his creative journey writing for the stage before turning to novels, where he discovered the freedom to explore bigger worlds, deeper characters, and stories unconstrained by the limits of a theater set. Drawn to compelling characters and difficult moral choices, Stew writes across multiple...
Sal Bianchi knows how to run a crew. He knows robberies, bookmakers, protection, and what happens when somebody breaks the rules. What he doesn’t know is what to do with an alien. It was supposed to be the score that put Sal and his boys back on the map: a mysterious warehouse, federal-level security, and something inside supposedly worth more than...
When physicist Archer Bancroft perfects human teleportation, he believes he has changed the world forever. Then his wife steps into the machine — and never comes out. The science is undisputed. Bancroft’s invention doesn’t move a person from one place to another. It destroys the original and reconstructs an identical human being somewhere else,...
Elaine Hargrove thought she was buying her freedom. After years trapped in a controlling marriage, she hires a professional killer to make her husband disappear. The murder goes exactly as planned. Then the phone rings. The killer has recorded everything. Every meeting. Every payment. Every word. And now he has a new assignment. Kill a complete...
