Russell H. Plante
Front cover of A Sense of Purpose by Russell H. Plante

Russell H. Plante

Russell H. Plante is an Engineering Physicist with a diverse engineering and academic background in Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Business Administration. He has held positions at the Department of Defense as a Branch Head in Control Engineering, Welding Engineering, and Quality Control Engineering Analysis. Maintaining additional engineering positions in Solar Energy development and analysis, he has received awards for Solar Building Engineering Design from the State of Maine Office of Energy Resources and for Energy Innovation Technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy. A skilled technical writer, he is a published author of two non-fiction books, Solar Domestic Hot Water – A Practical Guide to Installation and Understanding (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and Solar Energy – Photovoltaics and Domestic Hot Water: A Technical & Economic Guide for Project Planners, Builders, and Property Owners (Academic Press (Elsevier). A video book trailer is available

In addition to non-fiction, he has had three novels traditionally published. His first novel, Journey Home – A Cat’s Tale (February 2016), is a story about a homeless cat’s journey of self-discovery that relates to all of us. A video book trailer is available. His second novel, Beware the Dither Bird (December 2018), is a provocative, contemporary novel about consequential, harmful changes occurring within the country and people’s inattention to destructive policies. An award-winning Finalist in the Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest, the book also received the 2020 Finalist Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal Book Award in the category for the most thought provoking story. A video book trailer is available. His third novel, A Sense of Purpose (October 2020), is a philosophical story for all ages, inspired by actual events, about life’s journey from the perspective of a cat — a journey that teaches us the things we do in life, no matter how small, can affect others in so many ways and that every living being has a sense of purpose. A video book trailer is available.

He has recently completed his fourth novel, The Path Before Me, and is currently writing a philosophical Science Fiction novel. He resides with his wife Kathy and seven cats in the State of Maine where there’s always a chance of a blizzard during the cold winter months and time to contemplate and create meaningful stories.