Ben Wolfe

Ben Wolfe is a pen name for the American novelist John Kolesa. He attended a federal service academy and served as an engineering cadet during the first Persian Gulf War, obtained an undergrad degree in History from FIU in 1996, studied Creative Writing under the American novelist John Dufresne, and obtained an MBA in Global Management in 2003. He has traveled extensively, visiting twenty-five countries on four continents, and has lived in eight of the U.S. states, plus the greater DC area. He resides now in the scenic mountains of Asheville, NC and is working on a fantasy short story series "Tales of the Lianshi" and "The Wraith Riders Trilogy" of novellas as a gateway to the world and characters that will be featured in his first epic fantasy novel. John has also written a bestselling children's book titled "The Little Shoemaker's Silver." He has an advanced ESL certification and has had two of his stories published in Spanish. "The Little Shoemaker's Silver" is also being published as a bilingual Spanish/English coloring book featuring the art of George Jung who illustrated the original book. John is currently working on his second children's book featuring a new main character (Fiona), while including Annabelle and Emily (the main characters from "The Little Shoemaker's Silver") as familiar secondary characters. John now works as the managing editor at the publisher that first decided to publish his books and helps other developing authors at the beginning of their journey toward becoming traditionally published authors.