Stephen knew he wanted to write fiction as an avocation from the time he was in the second grade, crafting his very own magnum opus entitled "Jaws!" in a purple spiral notebook, and featuring a shark that could conspicuously attack its prey ON LAND! Later, he would actually find a way to get people to pay him to play with words, and for a time he was happy. He's pretty happy again right now, as he's currently adapting his own novella, The Villain's Sidekick, into a feature film (with a different title) for some Europeans with money. It's all on the up and up. He swears.