About the author
Steven Van Patten is a Brooklyn native, raised in Fort Greene and currently living in Crown Heights. After graduating from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus on a full scholarship, he pursued a career in television production. After paying his dues as a production assistant for HBO Downtown Productions, Steven went on to stage manage a plethora of TV shows, including MTV's Total Request Live, The Jeremy Kyle Show USA and Totally Biased w/ W. Kamau Bell.
However, there was an idea haunting Steven. A storyline born from watching horror movies as a child and noticing a lack of diversity, and character development when people of color were employed. So after pouring over historical research night after night, and traveling alone to various locales, including West Africa and Osaka, Japan, he wrote three installments of the Brookwater's Curse vampire novel series.
After receiving several glowing reviews from various book club heavy hitters and a handful of literary awards, Steven now sets forth on the path of marketing his tomes, while still stage managing TV shows during the day.
If he were not busy enough, he's also taken to comedy, making various appearances in video projects produced by his friends in the entertainment industry. He also blogs occasionally, though not as much as used to. Expect a serial killer novel, entitled The Genius, to be released soon.