Steve Belanger has been writing since he was seven, after he read Stephen King's Carrie and thought: I can do this.  His first published piece, written at the same age, was "A Christmas Carole," a short story inside of a Christmas card, created for his ailing mother.  She smiled, and he was hooked. He lives with his better half, his greyhound and his one-eyed cat, who somehow still shoots him a wry glance when Steve's being bad.  On most days (and nights, and weekends, and holidays, and--) he's hunched over his office desk, writing stories or novels, pounding the internet pavement, preparing story submissions for magazine editors and novel packages for agents, or pouring over papers and plans for his day job.  And over-alliterating the letter P.  He also eats and sleeps, on occasion.  He enjoys baseball and breathing, when he has the time, and he's finishing his Masters. His short story, "Hide the Weird," is appearing now in Space and Time Magazine (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com).  Please go to my blog, www.stevenebelanger.blogspot.com, to enter a contest to win a free issue with my story in it.  Thanks for reading!  

A few awards in the education field, as both teacher and coach.