Steven Leske was born in 1983 in Minnesota, where he currently resides. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 2006, and has worked as a freelance artist for several years. In his childhood, he wrote and illustrated two children's books: Sir Richard and the Dragon and A Two-Headed Tale, published in 1992 by Teapot Tales, Ltd., and is currently focusing on this aspect of his life again. He has written and illustrated four new children's books: Robot Moon, The Dragon and Sir Richard, A Cosmic Safari and Wind Turbines.