Stephen Lonsdale was born in Liverpool, England and moved to Toronto, Canada when he was six years old. He worked as a Correctional Officer for the province of Ontario, for nineteen years and studied martial arts for thirty-eight years, earning multiple black belts in karate, jujutsu, and aiki-jujutsu. Stephen now lives in New Jersey, USA, works in transit, and writes novels. His hobby is playing bass guitar. He is married with adult children and owned by a Rottweiler named Layla.