He travels around his region of the UK teaching students who are too ill to get to school. Despite a background in maths and science, one of Steve's passions in life has always been English literature and antiquarian books. Story writing began at school where he enjoyed some early success. Steve graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1993 where he enjoyed representing them in soccer for four years. He lives in a rural 200 year old property is his adopted Cheshire, UK accompanied by a protective guardian of a dog.