A writer of stories of second chances and redemption for broken and flawed characters.

STEPHEN MELLOR was born in Buchanan, Liberia, grew up in Yorkshire, UK, and lives in Sheffield, UK, with his wife, and Moose, the excitable greyhound. A novelist and screenwriter he is internationally awarded and recognised for his work, including from the UK, USA, Greece, Spain, Italy, Malta and Slovakia.

His feature drama screenplay, DIMITRI’S GARDEN, a story of the things that we share in a time and place of division with the warmth of redemption, set in an isolated Greek village is his most decorated and awarded work to date.

His feature screenplay, PYRE, a tale of isolation and longing set in the farming lands of north of England, is based on his own internationally shortlisted novella of the same name and is a rural psychological thriller with folk horror textures with a tragic two-hander at its core.

His mid budget, star-driven romantic comedy feature screenplay, THE HONEYMOONERS, set in the UK and Paris, is a tale of two weddings, two betrayals and one impulsive escape.

His first novel, FROM WHERE WE THREW DOGS, fearlessly addresses the toxicity within male grief through a road-trip across Spain, with the story slipping between the present and the ninth century.

His novella, THE DAY LEMMY LOVED JOHNNY THE MOST, is a reimagining, for a near future authoritarian world, of the story of Peter and Jesus.

He is also the creator and co-host of PROMPETY PROMPT, the podcast for readers, writers and listeners.

Away from writing there is always Sheffield Wednesday and still playing the beautiful game and aching for days after. And singing along, although never in tune, with guitar bands. Loves the Romans and small comedy clubs, but the two things aren't connected.