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Steven studied at NOCCA and LSU in Louisiana before earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees in English from Kansas State University. He started his writing career as a lowly student worker for the prestigious literary journal The Southern Review. If you received a formal rejection letter in the mid-2000s, he probably sealed the envelope. His Ezra James mystery series is available from The Wild Rose Press and Harlequin Books.

He lives in Southwest Kansas with his wife and four children.

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