Joel Steven: Biography

Joel Steven was born in Royal Oak Michigan on August 16, 1967. A lover of the English language from an early age, Steven's vivid imagination and fascination for dark fiction lead him to read such artists as Lewis Carroll, Steven King, and most of all Edgar Allen Poe. He attended Western Michigan University from 1986-1990 and graduated with a BA in English and a minor in fine art. Joel was an entertainment writer for the Western Herald in 1990, reviewing a wide variety of musical groups including Love and Rockets, the Pixies, and Chicago.

A musician of over 17 years himself, Joel moved to California in 1995 to further train his musical ear. Traveling as a live sound engineer, he worked with groups from Charlie Daniels Band to Suicidal Tendencies.

Aside from his musical endeavors, Steven has since pursued a side career in freelance writing, creating a wide variety of works that range from collections of poetry and short prose to novel length stories of Fantasy Horror. He has recently assembled his first collection of poetry called Diamonds and Toads, and is currently