Steve Gadd is a Tasmanian author and musician who has spent many years collecting, playing and promoting Tasmanian folk music. Together, he and Marjorie Gadd founded the Tasmanian Heritage Fiddle Ensemble and the Huon Heritage Ensemble. They have also published collections of the traditional country dance music of rural Tasmania, including the influential Tasmanian Heritage Apple Shed Tune Book. He has published further music collections as well as two volumes of poetry and stories, Tales from the Three-Layered Island Vol. I and II.