Stephen K. Stanford

Stephen Stanford grew up in the rural outer Melbourne suburb of Eltham, the eldest of five children in a sprawling artistic family. A serial entrepreneur since the age of twenty-one, has produced numerous projects for the arts including a live performance adaption of My Dinner with Andre, and the feature film, Four Jacks.

He fell in love with science fiction as a child, devouring his fathers’ vast “golden age” collection - and his favourite book, for its playfulness and wit was The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. His first novel Jubilee was written in part as an homage.

Stephen is a devoted meditator and ashram frequenter, has reared a rock star (literally) and is himself an avid music fan. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Vani and two highly truculent Siamese cats.