Bradley
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Author |
| Location | Escondido, California |
| Introduction | A widely published poet, playwright, and songwriter, I am the author of twenty books, coauthor of seven, and editor of the 2004 anthology, "The Free Speech Movement." I am a two-time recipient of the San Diego Book Award for Best Young Adult & Children's Nonfiction. My "Giants" won the 2005 award and My "People in the News: J.K. Rowling" garnered the 2007 prize. "J.K. Rowling" also received the Theodor S. Geisel Award for the best published book by a San Diego County author in 2007. Five of my books, including "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist," have been selected by California Readers to be part of the California Collections. My poetry has appeared in more than seventy literary journals, and I have won several prizes for my poetry, including the Emerging Voices Award presented by The Loft Literary Center. The Minneapolis-based Olympia Arts Ensemble produced my play-in-verse, "Virodha-Bhakti, a Sequence of Pageants" in 1981. The St. Paul Post-Dispatch hailed the play as "an awesome creation on the part of the playwright." The St. Paul Pioneer Press added, "Steffens is a talented, powerful artist." |
| Interests | Reading, writing, thoroughbred horse racing |
| Favorite movies | Groundhog Day, Green Card, Amelie, Very Annie Mary, A Christmas Carol (with George C. Scott), It's a Wonderful Life, Patton |
| Favorite music | Laverne Butler, Sade, Frank Sinatra, Beatles, John Lennon, Judy Collins, Eagles, The Allman Brothers, Phoebe Snow, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Eric Satie, Franz Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach |
| Favorite books | Clarel, Moby Dick, Hunger, Seven Gothic Tales, The Brothers Karamazov, Song of Solomon, The Limits of Dissent, The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren, Secret Knowledge, Kitāb al-Manāzir |