Stephen writes Crime and Science Fiction novels. He grew up in the rural outer Melbourne suburb of Eltham, the eldest of five children in a sprawling artistic family. After dropping out of an Economics degree, he travelled to Europe on a one-way ticket and returned some considerable time later with an Italian wife – two children following rapidly thereafter.
A serial entrepreneur since the age of twenty-one, he is co-owner with his brother of the iconic Melbourne live-music venue The Night Cat.
Stephen has produced numerous projects for the arts including a live performance adaption of My Dinner with Andre, and the feature film, Four Jacks. He fell in love with science fiction as a child, devouring his fathers’ vast “golden age” collection – and his favourite book, for its playfulness and wit was The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. His first novel Jubilee was written in part as an homage.
Stephen is a devoted meditator and ashram frequenter, has reared a rock star (literally) and is himself an avid music fan. He’s a wild eyed supporter of Aussie-rules football club, the Collingwood Magpies, and lives on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula with his wife Vani and two highly truculent Siamese cats.
