Born in Brooklyn, NY, Stephen Lewis holds a doctorate from New York University in the literature of 17th century New England Puritanism, and he is a professor of English Emeritus at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, NY. His memoir, Dementia, a Love Story, was a finalist in 2021's BookLife non-fiction competition. He has published eight print novels, both genre and literary, for large (Berkley), medium (Walker), small (Arbutus and Mission Point Press) publishers, along with an eBook original for Belgrave House. The three novels that comprise Mysteries of Colonial Times, published by Berkley, were set in the 17th century. Murder on Old Mission, published by Arbutus, was a finalist in the historical fiction category of Foreword Magazine's 2005 book of the year competition. Its sequel, Murder Undone, came out in 2016 from Mission Point Press, located where he now lives in northern Lower Michigan. He has also published six college textbooks and numerous poems and short stories.
