Stephen has been the Director of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio since 2005. He has led over 40 sessions of the program for more than 3,000 students. Stephen attended Kenyon College, where he majored in English, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His first novel, Irreplaceable, was published by Hyperion/Voice in 2009 and translated into German, Dutch, and Chinese. Irreplaceable received the Dana Award for the Novel and a James Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award. Stephen lives in Iowa City. He is working on a second novel.