George Edward Stanley (July 15, 1942 – February 7, 2011) was a teacher at Cameron University and author of short stories for middle grade kids under the pseudonym M. T. Coffin.
George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas, in 1942 and died on February 7, 2011, from an aneurysm at the age of 68 years.
From 1967 to 1969, he taught English to foreigners of East Texas State University; the following year he held the same role at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas).
In 1970 he moved to Cameron University (always in Lawton), where he worked until 1973 as an assistant professor, associate professor from 1973 to 1976, later becoming a professor of Middle Eastern and African languages in 1979.
In 1979 he published his first book Mini-Mysteries began to write children's books, career that led him to write 102 novels (including also one republished in Italian).