Ernie Hinderliter left university administration and his pursuit of a college presidency in 1982. He spent 20 years as a financial advisor and director for Merrill Lynch then 10 years as an entrepreneur before selling his company. Three years ago he started writing and has had short stories published in the Mid Michigan Writers 40th Anthology and the Michigan Sunrise Journal. His first novel The Bluestone Cabal has just been completed and a second about a misdirected bitcoin deposit is almost finished. He holds a bachelors and masters degree from Penn State University and divides his time between Michigan and Florida.