Stephen J. Golds

Stephen J. Golds was born in North London, U.K, but has lived in Japan for most of his adult life.

He writes in the noir/crime genres, though is heavily influenced by transgressive fiction and dirty realism.

His three novels are a trilogy of connected but stand alone novels that deal in themes of mental illness, trauma, betrayal and twisted love.

He enjoys spending time with his daughters, reading books, traveling the world, boxing and listening to old Soul LPs. His books are Say Goodbye When I’m Gone, I’ll Pray When I’m Dying, Always the Dead, the poetry collections Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once, Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries and the short story and poetry collection Love Like Bleeding Out With an Empty Gun in Your Hand.