Steve Trotter has been doing the write thing for most of his life. But it was only when the British-born Canadian hit high school that he learned people were willing to pay him for what he loved doing for free. From writing satirical essays for students desperate to escape detention and the killer “F” Steve graduated to a higher paying, more sensational writing gig. Eventually. First came the need to enlist in the Army. His father, you see, an avid reader of Edgar Cayce and comic books, jumped out of planes for a living. Steve, an army brat eager to spread his wings, followed in his father’s paratrooper bootsteps… to a point. While in uniform Steve defended freedom by shooting pool as well as assault rifles. He also spun Hendrix and Beck as a graveyard shift dj at a NORAD station.
After bailing out of the army Steve landed that “big time" sensational writing gig: staff writer for supermarket tabloids Midnight/ Globe and The National Examiner. Over an eight-year period Steve cranked out thousands of tall tales. How tall? He once interviewed a dog with a Cajun accent. Steve later toiled as a stevedore, rollbucker, and PolyGram publicist generating promo copy for numerous artists, including Velvet Underground, Van Morrison, Deep Purple, KISS, Tina Turner, Dire Straits, and Metallica.
Tired of promoting rock stars Steve decided to become one. He never made the cover of Rolling Stone but he did get to hit the stage as a special guest in concerts with Steppenwolf, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Walter Rossi, and Midnight Oil. He also wrote and recorded the "Trotter" ep, featuring Frank Marino, Steve Segal and Kelly Watling on guitar, and Nanette Workman singing backup on "The Thigh's the Limit," and "Die On The Dotted Line." (Nanette, a gifted solo artist, sang backup for The Stones on "Honky Tonk Woman,” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”).
As a lyricist, Steve, in collaboration with composer Robert Stanley, won CHOM-FM’s L'Esprit 85's Grand Prize for their song “I’d Rather Be Dancing.” Steve also penned lyrics for several album projects, including 6AM's "God's A Girl," and Walter Rossi's "One Foot in Hell." When his shooting star flamed out Steve edited a string of Caribbean destination mags by day and studied journalism at Concordia and PR management at McGill by night. In 2002 he moved on to create ad copy for international clients, and freelanced travel features for The Miami Herald, The Globe and Mail, and The Toronto Star.
These days Steve’s writing focuses on crime thrillers. RESURRECTED is book one in the Adam Wolf Thriller series.