Entrepreneur. Author.

America’s Barber.

Karl Manke was born in Frankfort, Michigan. He has spent most of his life in the small Mid-Michigan town of Owosso, home to author and conservationist James Oliver Curwood. He and his wife Carolyn have twin daughters and five grandchildren.

A graduate of Michigan State University, the author has been a self-employed entrepreneur his entire working career. After discovering his inclination for telling a good story, he now spends much of his time fine-tuning the writing craft.