Stephen W. F. Berwick

Author Stephen W. F. Berwick, a descendant of New England and Quebec’s Native American peoples as well as French and English settlers, was born in Laconia, grew up in Franklin, and now lives in Concord, New Hampshire.

As of March 2014 five of Stephen's books have been published:

1. Land of the Shapeshifter (short stories, poetry)
2. Shapeshifter's Peace - Passaconaway's Path to Peace (novel)
3. In the Shadow of Agiocochook - Stories from the Land of the Shapeshifter (short stories, poetry)
4. Shapeshifted Peace - Passaconaway's Pacification of Settlers
5. Deep Water, Falling Bank

Scheduled for release in 2014 are:

6. Shifting Shape of Peace
7. Echoes of the Stone People

Although each of the books published and scheduled to be published are an interpretative account of central New Hampshire history from the Native perspective starting with the Great Chief Passaconaway and continuing up until today the books are also more accurately about America's and the world's history, not just that of central New Hampshire. Stephen's goal of writing these books is to offer an interpretive account of that history, specifically from the side that Americans so very seldom hear about - the Native side. To accomplish that he has spent years researching, asking questions, delving into documents, historical "facts" and events, Native stories and traditions and extrapolating from there as to what happened from the Native perspective. Most Americans have heard about their history from the European-American side which has been stilted by uninformed impressions and ignorance of Native culture. Stephen's goal is not to place blame or say "this should have never happened" since it already has occured, but as a descendant of both sides, to offer a more complete view of America's story, through interpretative tales, so that long silenced voices can once again be heard.

In Stephen's words:

"For many of us Americans living in northern New England and southern Quebec our blood is mixed - at least a third or more even of those whose family have lived in New England for over 300 years have Native ancestors as well as English, Scots-Irish, French, Dutch, Swiss, African, German... and the list goes on with each new immigration to include the Italians, Irish, Greeks, Koreans, Vietnamese, etc. Some claim that ancestry is from a distinct Native nation, but most will likely never know from whi