W. K. Stratton (writer)

To support his writing career, he worked at a variety of day-jobs, including as a college English instructor, trade magazine editor, and technical writer.

Eventually he became a successful manager at an international high tech company, National Instruments, focusing on technical documentation and product localization.

In his mid-40s, Stratton began training earnestly as a white-collar boxer at R. Lord's Gym in Austin, and this would influence his future writing projects.

The first, published by the University of Texas Press, was a collaboration with pioneering female boxer Anissa Zamarron dealing with her successful recovery from psychological problems and her subsequent winning of two world boxing titles.

The second project was a study of two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson, titled Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and shortlisted for the 2013 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.