John Stickler

As a student at Yale University, John C. Stickler spent most of his time on the Yale Daily News, ending up as senior editor. Despite the diversion, he graduated with an honors major in sociology and returned home to Tucson, Arizona. The US Peace Corps had accepted his application and assigned him to the Philippines, but his draft board felt that as a conscientious objector he was unfit for Peace Corps service. The Army won the battle over his destiny and assigned him to a Military Advisory Group at UN Headquarters in South Korea. Taking his discharge in Seoul, he established one of the first advertising agencies in that country, assisting Korean firms with their exports and tourism development. At the same time, he filed regular news reports for the CBS radio network. After a decade in Seoul, John and his wife, fine artist Soma Han, and their two boys returned to the states and settled in California. Purchasing a national business magazine, he began a career of publishing, editing, journalism and corporate public relations. During the 1990s, he began writing nonfiction books for major American publishers. He's been a professional editor since 2013, polishing manuscripts for authors of fiction and nonfiction books. That same year, good fortune led him to Mardig Maadenjian and his important works.