After extensive travels around the world Steven Lang arrived in Australia in the early 1970s. He lived in Sydney and country NSW and then moved to the Sunshine Coast hinterland region in Queensland. He has tutored and lectured in Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast and has a Masters in Creative Industries, specialising in writing for film. With his wife, Tyyni Lang (formerly Chris Francis) he co-founded the independent bookstore, Rosetta Books, in Maleny. They are directors of the writers festival, Outspoken, an extended writer’s festival held in Maleny which takes the form of conversations between Lang and visiting writers. Among the many who have featured are Tim Winton, A C Grayling, Alexander McCall Smith, Richard Fidler, Richard Ford, Karen Joy Fowler, Henry Reynolds, Patrick Gale, Christos Tsiolkas, Kate Grenville, Ann Patchett, Ruth Ozeki, Thomas Keneally and John Birmingham. Lang is an active environmentalist working on a number of local conservation projects.