About
Stafford Levon Battle

Stafford Levon Battle won his first writing contest in the 7th grade at Jefferson Junior High School in Washington, DC. The prize was an airplane trip around the city. That was the same year when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed and the country erupted into urban riots. From the front stoop of his home, the Battle family could smell teargas and feel the heat of stores burning.

Stafford continued his education at other schools and eventually was awarded a full scholarship to Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. He later attended Brandeis University and graduated with a degree in computer science and english. He also attended Howard University's Book Publishing Institute as well as The Stanford University Professional Publishing Course.

Returning back to Washington, DC., he was employed at Smithsonian Magazine, Time-Life Books, Washington Living Magazine, The Journal of Housing and the Gazette Newspapers in Prince George's County Maryland. Stafford was also a co-founder of the African Heritage Literature Society (AHLS) which promoted African American fiction.

Battle was using the Internet long before there was a World Wide Web. He wrote a fiction serial call "Tears of the Princess" for the Source (which was later swallowed up by AOL). At the dawn of the World Wide Web, Stafford was a co-founder of the "City of New Elam" one of the first black web sites. He worked for TVBO, Inc, developing multimedia content. Later, he self-published a book called, The African American Resource Guide to the Internet and Online Services with Dr. Rey O. Harris. Within a few months, McGraw-Hill republished the book. Stafford traveled the country appearing on TV and Radio shows and appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country. News stories about Battle have appeared in The Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today, and other major outlets. The Discovery Channel did a short video preasentation on Battle and Harris that was aired nationally.

Currently, Battle is finishing work on several publishing projects as well as developing web sites for Howard University College of Medicine, AFROCyberspace, and The Black Author Showcase.

He is married to Diane Williams and has one daughter, Stephanie who is currently pursuing her MD/PHD degree.