Growing up in a little town in the great northwest, Steve learned to enjoy the outdoors and all that nature had to offer.  The beauty surrounding his home town of Colville Washington inspired his world of Tuwa.  Every character in his novels was inspired by characteristics from people he either knew or behavior he observed.  His magic is only limited by a person’s capacity and creativity.  For over a decade now he has made mountain desert state of Utah his home with his wife and son.  Some of his favorite authors are Terry Brooks, J.K. Rowling, Terry Goodkind, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Christopher Paolini.