Steven Schatz

Publisher info

Steve Schatz holds degrees in Government, Instructional Design and a PhD in Education. He has taught comedy traffic school, run workshops on writing across the curriculum and has been on the faculties of University of Hartford and the University of Massachusetts. He has been a consultant supporting organizational change for companies including VISA, Coca Cola and the US Navy.

In addition to his “day job”, Steve has long been a writer, producer and performer. In the 90’s, he produced live shows in San Francisco, combining bands, theater and multiple performance artists. He wrote, produced and starred in a public access television show that appeared in San Francisco, LA and Manhattan for over five years.

His stories and poems have appeared in national a regional magazines. His young adult fantasy series, The Adima Chronicles is published by Absolute Love Publishing. He recently started his own publishing company - Any Summer Sunday Books and has released his first adult novel - Any Summer Sunday at Nacho Mama's Patio Cafe. Info at AnySummerSunday.com

His stories convey a message of the power of friendship and the inner strength that each person has to change the world through intentional creative action. A sense of humor and fun courses through all his work.

He spends his time writing and enjoying this amazing world. He lives in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana with his very patient husband of many years and two cats who allow him to pet them if he is good.

Where to find Steven Schatz online

Seashell Virgin
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 85,080. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2021 by Steven Schatz. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Mystery, Wit & Drag Queens Fast paced fun. Touching and tawdry. Churchies, crooks, and rapscallions scheme to close our only gay bar, rape a forest, and get rich with a gay hating charter school. Break-ins, kidnapping, threats, blackmail, bondage, and the most spectacular drag show the world has ever seen, thrill and delight you as the anti-heroes answer the call to set things straight.
Who Plugged the Dyke
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 67,450. Language: English. Published: October 11, 2021 by Steven Schatz. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Some Elections are hard …This one is Murder! Get ready for Excitement, Laughs, Thrills and Fun! In 10 days she’ll be the 1st in your face lesbian judge elected in homo-hating Indiana. But someone wants to kill her and her little dog too. The friends from Nacho Mama’s Patio Cafe must get their big boy panties, get out of Hoosier Daddy, the only gay bar in town, onto the streets save their friend.
Ghost Girl : A Mystery
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 26,590. Language: English. Published: September 21, 2019 by Steven Schatz. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure
Sometimes a Ghost Needs a Hand. Ghost girl needs to find her body with help from an unhappy kid, a crazy cat lady and a bunch of ghosts. Dodging axe-swinging ghouls and floods, Nate & Mattie race against time.
Any Summer Sunday at Nacho Mama’s Patio Cafe : Drag, Songs, Friends, Laughs, Lies, Danger & Redemption
Price: $5.95 USD. Words: 75,370. Language: English. Published: June 21, 2019 by Steven Schatz. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Boys in the Band meets La Cage in an Indiana gay bar. A joyous dance of song, drag queens, laughs, lies, friends and a touch of tawdry, grabs you, shakes...stirs, then sets you down with a smile and a kiss. A kaleidoscope of weird jobs, loves, hopes, dreams, rage, loss, music and more. It's a book for anyone who has ever felt different.