Stuart began writing in 1986 while working as a sculptor in the film and theme park industry in Los Angeles. His first effort was a novel, but after working on many well-known films such as Aliens, Predator, The Abyss, Poltergeist 2, Independence Day and many others, he turned his passion to screenplays. He took a number of high profile screenwriting courses, attended many seminars, and belongs to a long list of screenwriting organizations. As an adjunct to screenwriting, Stuart was mentored in film directing by Jim Pasternak, Dov S-S Simens and others, and mentored in film producing by Fred Caruso, all well-known industry professionals.

He has completed seventeen screenplays, eight novels, and written/produced/directed/edited four short student films, and a spec TV series. 

Stuart’s screenplays have been optioned and placed second, fifth, finalist, and semi-finalist in noted screenplay contests.

In 2011, two of Stuart’s novels, Original Blood, and Epiphany, were nominated for Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Epiphany won.

Again in 2012, two more novels were nominated for Reviewer’s Choice Awards, Claiming Lives, and Crossing the Double Yellow. Voting is still in process.

Stuart’s second novel, Back from the Dead: the true sequel to Frankenstein, was originally published in 2005, and was a finalist in the International Writemovies Contest. The rewritten second printing is available now, in eBook (ALL FORMATS) and a print.

His third novel, SHADOW HOUSE, was a quarterfinalist in the Amazon Break Out Novel Awards, and is available now, in eBook (ALL FORMATS) and a print.

ORIGINAL BLOOD, EPIPHANY, CLAIMING LIVES, CROSSING THE DOUBLE YELLOW, and now, ENDLESS SKY: The Sergeant’s Pledge (book 1), are also published in eBook (ALL FORMATS) and a print.

A short story is included in the anthology, Lost in Thailand, published in 2009. 

Stuart runs creative writing workshops in beautiful Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he also consults and mentors writers one-on-one to elevate their writing to the next level. He has an editing service for fiction and nonfiction.