Stephen Lee Mansfield is an American author who writes about men's issues, leadership, history and modern culture. His books have appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. He is also a popular speaker who heads a leadership coaching firm based in Washington D.C.. Mansfield was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of a U.S. Army officer. His family lived on military posts around the United States, though the majority of his early years were spent in Germany, particularly in Berlin during the Cold War. His first book, Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill, was released in 1995 and became an Evangelical Christian Press Association Gold Medallion Finalist. He followed this with biographies of Booker T. Washington and George Whitefield. In 1996, Governor Don Sundquist asked Mansfield to write the history of religion in Tennessee for that state?s bicentennial. In 2003, Mansfield wrote The Faith of George W. Bush, which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. It chronicled Bush?s rise to the presidency and the events of September 11, 2001. Mansfield wrote a series of histories and biographies following his book on Bush?s faith.