Every now and then, I'll run into someone who claims not to like chocolate, and while we live in a country where everyone has the right to eat what they want, I want to say for the record that I don't trust these people, that I think something is wrong with them, and that they're probably - and this must be said - total duds in bed.

His stories and essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies. He lives in Arlington Massachusetts with his wife and two children. Steve was a contributing writer to Alarm Clock Theatre Company's Elliot Norton Award winning play PS Page Me Later based on selections from Found Magazine.

He is the author of ten books three of which he publiSteve Almondd himself. Steve Almond (born 27 October 1966) is an American short story writer and essayist.