Bill Shuey grew up in rural Missouri and spent 20 years in the United States Air Force, worked as a quality control supervisor on nuclear power plant construction and was a project manager for lignite power plants. He is a licensed minister who has spent years teaching Bible in prisons and church environments. He also owns a business, and is the author of the weekly ObverseView column and the book A Search for Bible Truth. He currently lives with his wife in the hills of North Carolina.