An award-winning author, Steve Stred lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his wife and son.

Known for his novels, ‘Mastodon,’ ‘Churn the Soil,’ and his series ‘Father of Lies’ where he joined a cult on the dark web for four years, his work has been described as haunting, bleak and is frequently set in the woods near where he grew up. He’s been fortunate to appear in numerous anthologies with some truly amazing authors.

His novel ‘Mastodon’ will be translated into Czech and Italian over the next few years.

His novel ‘Churn the Soil’ won the Best Horror Novel award in the 2024 Indieverse Awards.

His novel ‘Mastodon’ and his novella ‘Sacrament’ were both nominated for Splatterpunk Awards.

He is represented by Kodie Van Dusen at The Rights Factory and Alec Frankel at Independent Artist Group.

Outside of writing, Steve received his Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from the University of the Fraser Valley in 2008, and became a Certified Canadian Pedorthist in 2013.

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