Stacking Sugar Cookies

by Lee Schneider

Stacking Sugar Cookies
Lee Schneider

The country doctors of our forefathers left us messages of hard times and endurance.

With four generations of country doctors in his past, Allen Patterson took a different path. After living in London until high school graduation, he must move to Chicago, in America. His mother and the death of his father had a great influence on him. His goal was medical school, but he was unable to do so financially. He turned to the FBI, instead, to earn the money to further his goal of becoming a doctor. Looking forward to fitting in, Allen took the nickname of Cowboy. With a British accent and western apparel, the FBI knew him, mostly, only by his nickname.

As Allen worked his way through murder, explosions, contagious killing diseases, and terrorists, he ended up in Texas working a case for the FBI. Little did he count on the high cost of danger and falling in love. It’s strange how love always finds you, when you’re not looking for it.

About the Author

Lee Schneider was born in Houston, Texas, then moved to Fort Worth, where he attended North Side High School. After graduation, he left for Vietnam at the age of 19. In the war, he earned three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star. Upon his return home, he married his first wife; they had two daughters and two granddaughters. Later in life he married Lou Ann Page.

Lee liked to live in the country, to help children raise cattle, and then to show them at FFA functions. He was a member of VFW post 4695 in Hurst, Texas. After retiring, Lee enjoyed fishing in all of the area’s surrounding lakes and helping others.

Lee passed away April 1, 2018. He was greatly loved by his wife, family, and friends.

526 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 26, 2019

About the author

Lee Schneider is a novelist, futurist, producer, and veteran storyteller whose career spans television, film, podcasting, and books. He is the author of the Utopia Engine Trilogy—SURRENDER, RESIST, and LIBERATION — a sweeping speculative saga about artificial intelligence, climate manipulation, and human resilience.

Schneider’s inspiration for the Trilogy grew out of real-world crises. During California’s devastating wildfire seasons, unable to go for his regular runs, he filled notebooks with story ideas about climate change, AI, and the collision of technology and humanity. Many of the “futuristic” concepts in the series — corporate control of data, memory manipulation, and weather engineering — are already being tested today.

Before turning to fiction, Schneider built a distinguished career in media. He has written for Good Morning America and the classic cartoon ThunderCats, produced and directed documentaries for the History Channel, The Learning Channel, CourtTV, Discovery Health, the Food Network, and ReelzTV, and created a ReelzTV series exploring the science behind science fiction. His work in theater includes writing and producing Off-Broadway plays in New York, while in Los Angeles he served as a producer for Dateline NBC.

An entrepreneurial creative, Schneider founded Red Cup Agency, an award-winning podcast production company. He also serves as Artistic Director of FutureX, a platform for futurist projects, and the host and producer of The Future Lab with Lee Schneider, a podcast featuring leading authors, publishers, and cultural thinkers in science fiction and fantasy.
A teacher as well as a creator, Schneider leads storytelling masterclasses (called the Storyline Sessions) and is an adjunct assistant professor at the USC School of Architecture. He lives in Santa Monica, California, with his family.