Stephen White intends to write the 20th book in his series as his final book. He says, "I'm going to finish the series and that will be it." He started writing The Stone Child books in 2001 after reading a novel called The Eye of the World by Peter S. Beagle. He has said that he wrote several chapters of his next book while working on the first one and continues to work on it until today. Be aware that after this book there will be no more in the series. He writes under a pseudonym because he wants to keep writing even after finishing a series. You may have read some of his articles on various fantasy sites. He uses the pen name "White" because he says it's easy to remember and types it that way when posting articles online. He is married with two children.