Former resident’s historical novel features common names here
Author and former Columbus resident William Stoskopf is surrounded readers’ group members Lorna Stover, Dora Dunlap, Jane Rhinehart, Mary Torcia and Peggy LaCoste. Courtesy photo.
Author William Stoskopf was reared on the family farm in Quaker Valley east of Columbus. Bill’s mother Sara taught history at the local high school and his dad Roy was a farmer.
Bill graduated from Columbus High School, earned his architectural degree from Kansas State University, resided in Coffeyville, then moved to Tulsa where he has lived since 1973.
