Steven Walker was born in Heidelberg, Germany, and he has been a wandering vagabond ever since. He currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He studied art in Europe and worked as a journalist and photographer for the Tribune Company in North America. With approximately 1,500 published credits, Walker initially established himself as a writer in the horror fiction genre, which ultimately climaxed with his novel, Desmodus. He utilized his journalistic skills and combined them with his fancy for horrific stories in order to explore the true-crime market with several well-received books that explored the life and crimes of serial killers including, Blood Trail and Predator. He has also received acclaim for his poetry and short stories which are soon to be culminated into an anthology that is tentatively titled, "Castle Alabaster."