Steven R. Porter is a writer, blogger, marketing consultant and the former Director of Advertising and Public Relations for Lauriat's Bookstores, Inc. Steven is also a frequent speaker and lecturer on Internet technologies, new publishing techniques, and, of course, his novels. In 2011, Steven founded the Association of Rhode Island Authors to help bring awareness to many talented writers in the area. He serves as the organization's first president. Steven studied writing and communications at the University of Rhode island in where he served as editor of the campus literary magazine, The Great Swamp Gazette. The critically acclaimed Confessions of the Meek and the Valiant was his first novel. In 2013, his second novel, Manisses, was awarded an Honorable Mention as one of the top books of the year by the New England Book Festival. He and his wife Dawn (author of the children's book Searching for Rhode Island) are active volunteers in their local community and reside in the village of Harmony, Rhode Island with their two children Thomas and Susannah.

Manisses, Honorable Mention, New England Book Festival (2013)