Bit Players, Bullies and Righteous Rebels by S.M. Stevens

Once again the book has extremely strong characterisation Sadie as the main character has grown in stature and comes across as a strong and more mature character. She also studied at University College at the University of London. Stevens has a bachelor’s degree in English from Cornell University.

Her freelance writing career includes articles and columns published in the Boston Globe, Bay State Parent, Bay State Realtor, Strategic Communications Magazine and Guitar & Bass Magazine, plus too many ghost-written articles to list.

Currently, she consults and provides marketing and public relations services to solar energy companies. Her business career includes executive positions at Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations including the Franklin Park Zoo and the USS Constitution (“Old Ironsides”) Museum in Boston. Fascinated by the parallels between workplace sexual harassment and childhood incest, specifically how society asks many of the same questions of both types of victim, she wrote the dual narrative of Shelby and Astrid, two women starting their careers in 1980s Boston while struggling with past and present demons.

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades was her first adult novel, which was prompted by the #metoo movement. Two additional Bit Players novels followed, filling the void in fiction for fans of performance shows like the Glee TV series and the High School Musical movies. During this recovery, she wrote Bit Players, Has-Been Actors and Other Posers for her older daughter and all musical theatre-loving teens. The following year, Stevens was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which was treated with surgery and five months of chemotherapy. The result was Shannon’s Odyssey, a middle-grade novel written for her younger daughter. On crutches for three months and unable to commute to work, cook, clean or shuttle kids to activities, she turned to writing. Her new adult novel, Beautiful and Terrible Things, is being released in early 2023.Ī lifelong business writer who dabbled in creative writing on the side, Stevens found her opportunity to write fiction in earnest when she broke her pelvis in three places in a horseback riding fall. Stevens is author of contemporary novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, now available from TouchPoint Press, plus a YA series set in a high school drama program, and a Middle Grade adventure for animal-lovers.

Bit Players, Bullies and Righteous Rebels by S.M. Stevens