About Steven

Before writing full-time

I spent twenty-six years in information technology, including work as a quality director, director of customer experience and programme director. It taught me how organisations behave, particularly when reality has neglected to read the plan.

Writing after work

I retired in October 2024, although retirement has proved to mean exchanging one crowded calendar for several manuscripts. I study Creative Writing at Vancouver Island University and previously studied journalism at the University of Victoria.

My writing includes children's books, practical guides, travel, opinion journalism, stage plays, screen projects and fiction for younger readers. I also devised the Dropline Method, a layered approach to writing a book, and created AuthorsDrop to give writers a practical place to use it.

I live with my wife, Catherine. Beyond the desk, my interests include curling, woodworking, pottery, travel and rally driving. These activities have different relationships with speed and control, which may be why they appeal to me.