Born, raised and educated in Canada, Stephen spent the first half of his career working forthe two largest oil companies in the world: Exxon and royal Dutch Shell. He spent the second half working for one of the smallest oil companies in the world; h... moreBorn, raised and educated in Canada, Stephen spent the first half of his career working forthe two largest oil companies in the world: Exxon and royal Dutch Shell. He spent the second half working for one of the smallest oil companies in the world; his own.
He has three sons and one daughter, all of whom are grown and “off the payroll”. Now retired, he spends his summers with his wife, Ann, and their two cats, Abby and Samantha, at their Canadian home near Niagara Falls. They winter at their Florida home in Port St. Lucie.
When he is not writing, he is reading, traveling, or playing horrifying golf. He plans to write until the day he dies, probably longer. For Stephen, writing was an accident. When his friends in Muskoka, Canada, and Florida became aware of the story of his incredible life in the Canadian oil business, they encouraged him to commit it to writing. They insisted it was a story that must be told, thatit is a piece of national history. ... less
