Stephen Floyd

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Author Stephen Floyd

Biography

Stephen Floyd is a polyglot who grew up in Arizona, learning Spanish and French concurrently as a child. After getting a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Humanities, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and became an interrogator, learning Russian at the Defense Language Institute. Truthfully, if he had known his friendship with Erin was going to blossom into romance, he probably would not have joined. When it became clear that peacekeepers would be needed to enforce the Dayton Accords in Bosnia, he was ordered to learn Serbo-Croatian and went to Bosnia for an entire year.

Upon returning from that crucial experience he and his wife Erin decided that he should get out of the Army and stay in Alaska, where they have now lived since arriving in 1994. The children started arriving in 1996. Having worked as a Youth Pastor for nearly two years, a school bus driver for over a years, and as a local radio announcer for 17 years, Stephen got to know Fairbanks very well. From the streets, to the people, to the nightlife, to the business environment, he knows the city better than the place he grew up.

Stephen now works in a guest services position for Northern Alaska Tour Company where he actually gets to use his French, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, and fledgling Chinese. He also has a full studio in his basement, where he records audiobooks for Audible, iTunes, and Amazon.

Besides his professions, Stephen has played a myriad of roles over the years, from smuggling Bibles into a closed Islamic country, traveling to India and the Czech Republic to meet with and support local missionaries, and serving as a leader in a local church. His truest identity was found in embracing his role as father. Whether being a dad to his own brood, or filling the role to young men who did not have the father they wanted to have, Stephen’s identity is, primarily, that of a father.

Bibliography

The Playful Dad