Brookwater's Curse: Biography

And just who the hell do I think I am?

Well, my name is Steven Van Patten. Don't let the name fool you; I'm not rich, I'm not Dutch and I'm most certainly not related to that Dick guy, or the guy that directs The Sopranos. I am an educated, private, down-to-earth black man from Brooklyn, blessed with an overactive imagination and cursed with occasional bouts of insomnia. These things, joined with a childhood filled with horror movies and Stephen King novels, as well as an adulthood filled with everything from the works of William Shakespeare and James Baldwin to the films of Akira Kurosawa are all part of the fuel that has driven me to this point.
Like most first-time authors, I still have a 'day job.' I work behind the scenes in television, primarily as a stage manager, but occasionally as an associate director. Try not to hold that against me.

What else do you need to know? Well, in order to make this a fun and interactive site, I'll let those of you who have blessed me with your visit decide what we will talk about. So, ask your questions in Brookwater's Blog, a place where you can leave messages that will be posted so as to create a mutually beneficial dialogue between myself and my readers.