Stephen Speak lives in a small town in Idaho. He was born and raised in Bolton England. He published his first book of short stories in 2012 called "Catch" retelling ten great fishing tales from places all over the world. He went to Rivington and Blackrod High School, were he eventually became Head Boy in the final year of the Sixth Form. At age 18, he left England to play professional cricket for a team called Yandina in Queensland, Australia. On his return in 1991 he went to University in Cardiff to study sport and human movement. He graduated and moved to Long Beach, California and lived there until 2008. He currently works at a Junior High school in Mountain Home, Idaho to be close to his son, Nefyn James Speak.