Experience
I’ve led organisations, strategic development and project delivery. I can’t resist exciting ideas or helping solve intractable problems, so do get in touch if there’s anything I can work on with you.
The Writing Squad
“I want to say a special thanks to Steve Dearden of the Writing Squad, who mentored me at a young age; you were the first person to take me seriously as a writer and it has had a lasting impact on me.” - Ellen Osborne, author of The Seeker and the Shade
Writing
“Steve’s stories are populated by real people with real jobs and real desires and real fears; and yet, somewhere in the rhythms of the dialogue and the scaffolding of the terse descriptions, you can find loneliness, and majesty, and a belief in humanity that gives your heart a lift.” - Ian McMillan
Photos
I have taken a photo every day for 29 years, which is really a private project, but here are some less quotidian pictures I’m happy to share.
“One word springs to mind: integrity; that quality is present in everything Steve does. For Steve, literature above all signifies empowerment, intellectually and existentially, and this is the key motivational force behind his work both as a writer and an activist”
