Wellnitz, Alfred

Alfred Wellnitz was seventy three years old when he decided to become an author. At the time Alfred had been working in the real estate business for the previous ten years and prior to that served in the U.S. Navy for seven years and worked for thirty-three years in technology as an electrical engineer. He grew up in rural South Dakota and had only an eighth-grade education before going into the navy and used the GI Bill to finance an engineering degree. Alfred spent two years attending classes and seminars at the Loft, a Twin Cities organization dedicated to teaching writing skills. During hi...