Steven Harz is the author of multiple collections of love stories, was the winner of the 2013 International People's Poetry Contest, and is a multi-time winner of The Iron Writer Challenge. Additionally, Steven has written a number of non-fiction tiles, including his top-selling guides on coaching youth baseball players as well as the positive benefits that Stoic Philosophy can have on us.

His series, “Backroad Love Stories,” covers various topics and moves between stories that, on one end of the spectrum resemble the lyrics of a country love song, to the other end where his words cut into the reader, reminding them of the pain caused by loves gained and lost.

Steven’s words have been highlighted in in Inwood Indiana Press' Tracks, The Pangolin Review, Voices 2, Donut Factory, Words+Pictures, Amethyst Review, Ink Monkey Magazine, The Germ, The Voices Project, Pocket Thoughts, Boomer Lit Mag, Raw Journal of Arts, Soft Cartel, Poetry Leaves, Chaleur Magazine, and Indigo Rising UK.

Steven Harz is a graduate of Towson University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication and is a retired firefighter and a former high school coach. He loves music and reading, coffee and Dr Pepper, sports and Broadway, and in his spare time works at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reviews of Steven's work:

"This collection of poetry is a must read. The pieces make you feel warm, fuzzy and loved; the perfect read after a long day. The poetry brings to mind how good it feels to love and be loved."

"Just finished Self Inflicted Heart Shaped Wounds. I'm speechless. Steve's writing gets right to the heart of things, and I like writers (and people in general) who can do that with brutal honesty and grace. This work reminds me of a line from Jerry McGuire -- "The Things We Think But Do Not Say." I can't recommend this collection highly enough. Thank you, Steve, for writing the things we think but don't often (or ever) say."

"Steven Harz takes me back to a time when Steely Dan was on the radio and I was finding myself as a person. Very insightful and very talented. Looking forward to more of his work."

"Thanks for bringing the memories roaring back Mr. Harz in the most 'Springsteenish' of ways - we all need you to appreciate where we've been, what we are doing, where we want to go and how to love the one we want to love."