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Stephen Austin Thorpe

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Born

in Ogden, Utah, The United States

Website

http://www.theworldofagartha.com

Twitter

WorldofAgartha

Genre

Young Adult, Fiction, Fantasy

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November 2017

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STEPHEN AUSTIN THORPE strives to inspire kids that they can accomplish whatever they set their minds to. Mr. Thorpe set his own goal many years ago to be a renaissance man. As a Sterling Scholar artist in high school he began to develop his great love for the artists of the Renaissance and their wide range of skills and abilities. While serving as a missionary in Rome, Italy as a 19 year-old, that love only grew. After returning from missionary service, Mr. Thorpe headed for college.
Doing things differently than the crowd, like he usually does, Stephen made a profit going to college. When the school paper (where he worked as the political cartoonist) couldn’t give him a second scholarship to go along with his academic scholarship, they gave STEPHEN AUSTIN THORPE strives to inspire kids that they can accomplish whatever they set their minds to. Mr. Thorpe set his own goal many years ago to be a renaissance man. As a Sterling Scholar artist in high school he began to develop his great love for the artists of the Renaissance and their wide range of skills and abilities. While serving as a missionary in Rome, Italy as a 19 year-old, that love only grew. After returning from missionary service, Mr. Thorpe headed for college.
Doing things differently than the crowd, like he usually does, Stephen made a profit going to college. When the school paper (where he worked as the political cartoonist) couldn’t give him a second scholarship to go along with his academic scholarship, they gave him the money instead. His first published cartoon won an award from the Rocky Mountain College Press Association. To make additional money on the side, he worked at a retail store during the week selling computers and electronics and started a business filming wedding videos on weekends.
His next venture was a retail business that reflected his love for cartoons. Named the Comic Section, the store sold Disney, Warner Bros., Far Side, Garfield, The Simpsons, Bloom County, etc. merchandise during what he considers the golden age of cartoons. He took that retail experience and went to work for the Pro Image (licensed sports merchandise) at their franchise corporate headquarters. After a few years he took what he learned and became one of the founders of Pretzelmaker, a fast food pretzel business located in malls throughout the world. Two years later, the business was sold with 150 franchises sold and 50 stores open. It was around this time that Mr. Thorpe was offered a publishing deal for a religious cartoon book he had been working on. The deal wasn’t very lucrative, so to take a stand for starving artists everywhere he turned it down, though his wife continues to say that he should have just done it.
He helped develop A Little Bit of Buffalo which sold Buffalo, NY style food and then made a major career shift by founding a software training business in 1997. In 2003 he began consulting large organizations like American Express, Capital One, GEICO, Union Pacific, SC Johnson, and others where he develops multimedia-rich educational games, videos, and other learning interactions. On the side he returned to his love of art, history, and writing. He founded Creating History, Inc. to make history more fun and engaging. He continued his development of 3D models of Ancient Rome and began to write the storyline for a video game that included mythology, fantasy, and history. When he realized his draft of the storyline was 33,000 words, he checked how many words the Harry Potter books were and realized he was a third of the way to a complete book. He spent the next few years writing, massaging, sending off to editors, re-writing, etc. until The World of Agartha book one was finished. He continues to work on the video game and write books. There are five books planned for The World of Agartha series. ...more

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	Cathedral of Time (The World of Agartha, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toquchar's Prisoner (The World of Agartha Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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ROMAN FESTIVAL KIT

The Roman Festival Kit, a PDF full of activities that can be used as a launching point for classroom learning or for a party at home, is now available on The World of Agartha website from the Parents/Teachers link. This Kit includes an activity that explains Roman mosaics and has a template that allows fans to create their own mosaic design, an activity to learn Roman numerals, a crossword puzzle,