Stephen Moran was born in Dublin. He made his way to London in his mid-twenties and stayed. There he combined a career in database software with writing poetry, fiction and editing. His latest book is "Ghosts and Pigeons" (Poetry, KDP, 2025). Previous publications include a collection of poetry "Day of the Flying Leaves" and one of fiction "The London Silence and Other Stories". He has also edited and co-edited a number of anthologies of fiction and of poetry. His blog Stephen Moran's Museum of Illusions, begun in 2003, continues to the present date.