Richard H. Schneider has been a journalist and author for more than fifty years and has written more than twenty books for adults and children. A former senior staff editor at Guideposts , an interfaith inspirational magazine, he is a World War II veteran. He and his wife, Betty, are residents of Rye, New York, where Schneider served as vice commander of Post 128 of the American Legion and a lay leader of the Rye United Methodist Church.