WayneEdmiston

Wayne Edmiston is a fourth-generation Californian and a fifth-generation teacher who proudly served nearly four years in the U.S. Air Force, including an eleven-month tour in Vietnam as a crew chief for an RF-101 Voodoo aircraft. He was honorably discharged early as a Staff Sergeant. After his military service, Wayne earned his bachelor’s degree and a California State Teaching Life Credential from Chico State College, dedicating his teaching career to special education.

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For more than two decades, Wayne taught both academic and vocational subjects in four of California’s state correctional institutions. Over his 23 years as a correctional educator, he wore many hats, serving as acting academic supervisor, senior librarian, literacy coordinator for GED and distance learning programs, chief GED examiner, and assistant literacy supervising Laubach tutor-trainer. He also contributed at the policy level as a member of the State Planning Panel for Corrections with California Literacy for five years. Following this chapter, Wayne spent two additional years as a community living skills facilitator at the state mental hospital in Atascadero.

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Wayne is an ordained New Thought minister with Centers for Spiritual Living and teaches Science of Mind principles. He also serves as an all-denominational wedding officiant who respects and celebrates all couples, including LGBTQ families and prison inmates, through his work at OneSpiritBeachWeddings.com.

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As a writer, Wayne has explored both fiction and drama. The screenplay version of his science-fiction story Unfatally Dead: To Thaw or Not to Thaw? was a finalist in two contests. Both the play and the ebook take readers on a time-traveling adventure featuring Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Walt Disney, and a new soul named Eepia. He has also written a children’s book titled Ellie and Her Elephant, and his adult metaphysical thriller Crisis at Paradise Eye-Land will be published soon. Currently, Wayne is developing a multi-part “thrillology” inspired by his own metaphysical experiences, fictionalized to protect the identities of some characters, living or not. Other creative projects are also in progress.

 

Beyond writing, Wayne participates in reader’s theatre with the South County Historical Society in San Luis Obispo County and serves as a screener for the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. He lives on California’s Central Coast with his fantastic wife, Dorene, who is one of 18 authors of Her Coronation: Sacred Stories of Initiation and Spiritual Sovereignty, and their beloved dog Sophie, a Lhasa Apso mix who has been with Wayne for nearly 17 years. Together, they enjoy the beauty and community of the Central Coast, which they are proud to call home.