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’, his work has been described as haunting, bleak and is frequently set in the woods near where he grew up. His novel ‘Churn the Soil’ won the Best Horror Novel award in the 2024 Indieverse Awards, and he is a 2x Splatterpunk Award nominee. He’s been fortunate to appear in numerous anthologies with some truly amazing authors, and his novel ‘Mastodon’ will be translated into Czech and Italian over the next few years. 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.