Stephen was born in Liverpool and grew up in a small village called Rainhill, near St. Helens. He attended West Park Grammar School and moved on to graduate from the university of Aston with a BSc Hons in Managerial and Administrative Studies. This led him into a sales career, where he worked successfully for a brewery and several pharmaceutical companies. After completing his MBA at The Manchester Metropolitan University, he successfully moved into pharmaceutical management and later ran and owned a public limited company selling ECG equipment. Following an unhappy divorce and descent into depression, alcoholism and at times drug dependency, natural pathways have led him into becoming a writer, poet and storyteller. He lives in Cambridge, near his three children, where he often performs his work on stage in his unique and original style of 'Real Fiction'.