Steve's long-time employer, a renowned forensic pathologist, once boasted, "Steve is the best forensic investigator in the United States."
Is anyone ever as good as people claim?
Steve's novels and nonfiction books reflect insight into the world of conflict, murder, and justice based on experience as a homicide detective and chief forensic investigator. He also investigated many deaths alongside Dr. Jan Garavaglia of Dr. G: Medical Examiner fame.
Many years ago, his daughter's elementary school teacher asked what her father did for a living. She said, "He shoves bodies in the back of a truck." Although true, transport was done in a medical examiner's vehicle.
He lives in Metropolitan Atlanta with his wife Sharon.