Gideon Stevens

I got “ink on my fingers” in 1980. I worked as a systems analyst for a large publisher (NFPA), establishing their SGML-based publishing system. So I could better understand what I was working on, they sent me to study briefly with a famous book designer. Later I worked for a software company (PENTA) developing a system to compose and paginate books. I’ve worked as an editor, art director, designer, and publisher, and in some capacity on hundreds of books, from pulp fiction novels to the National Electrical Code.

I was editor of The American Reader, 1995-96.

I’m from North Carolina. I have three beautiful daughters, and four adorable grandkids.

Oh — and I like to make things with twist-ties.