Steven Lee Climer lives in metropolitan Detroit and is a Ph.D. student at Wayne State University. When not writing, he teaches English at Detroit College of Business and is the college web developer. The greatest joy in his life is his wife, Karen. If you've seen Titanic then you know how he feels about her. His short stories have appeared in over a dozen magazines, including Implosion, The Midnight Gallery, Into the Darkness, and FrightNet. His story "By Any Name a Devil" appeared in the anthology Monsters from Memphis and was named Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Horror and Fantasy by OMNI Magazine, and also recommended for nomination for a Bram Stoker Award. DREAM THIEVES is his first novel. His favorite things: watching the Detroit Red Wings, gardening, spending time with his family, and going to the gym.