Steve began his writing career with 20 years as a business and technology journalist, writing feature stories and opinion columns for Computerworld magazine, among others.

Steve spent the final six years of his journalism life as a freelancer. Most of his articles examined trends affecting corporate technology managers, but he also managed to write about race cars, job fairs, the Bahamas, the horrors of the office fridge, swimming pool design, romance in the workplace, and the joy of Pringles.

In 2006, Steve left journalist to write novels and focus on Flatout Motorsports, a company he co-founded that builds, rents, sells, and services race cars. He spends weekends with Team Flatout racing his Honda S2000 in Sports Car Club of America competitions.

Steve's debut novel, PURGATORY CHASM, was published by Minotaur/Thomas Dunne books in 2011. It was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the Best First Novel category, and was named Best First Mystery by RT Book Reviews. The second Conway Sax novle, THE WHOLE LIE, was published in 2012, and the third, SHOTGUN LULLABY, in 2013.

While Steve reads everything, mystery has always been his genre of choice. Influences and favorites include James Ellroy, Ed McBain, Robert B. Parker, Donald Westlake/Richard Stark, John D. MacDonald, Ross Macdonald, Gregory McDonald, Rober Crais, Don Winslow, Ken Bruen, Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, and probably a couple more McDonalds or MacDonalds.