J. Stapley resides in the Seattle area where he is in the process of industrializing his graduate research. J. is also an independent researcher in Mormon history and is currently serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mormon History. Splendid Sun is his foundational foray into web publishing and was also the name of his grunge-pop band at BYU (the name being derived from a Walt Whitman poem). J. is married and has two children. The picture accompanying this post is disingenuous as J. wears khaki pants 350 days of the year, not owning a pair of jeans. J. has lived all over the US and served a mission in France and Belgium.

