![]() ![]() ![]() Stephen’s first novel, Tatiana and the Russian Wolves, is the psychological journey of a young Russian émigré as he reconciles his guilt and dishonesty with his mother’s troubled past and suicide. Other stories have appeared in East Lit, an online journal. ![]() “Snake Charmed” appeared in Gem Street, an anthology of short stories published in Ireland. Inspired by Paul Theroux’s Asian collection, The Counsel’s File, Stephen has written a collection of short stories centered in Southeast Asia he won an award from Negative Capability for “Prince Charles and the Texans,” set in Singapore. He describes Chicago as the most dangerous, Singapore the cleanest.ĭespite his initial misgivings, Stephen found living in Asia fascinating, frustrating, and life threatening at times. His banking career involved assignments in San Francisco, Jakarta, Singapore, Chicago, London, and Tanzania. Speaking good Spanish at the time, he was bewildered-but not entirely surprised-when he was assigned to the Asia Division and later transferred to Indonesia. But practicality prevailed, and he opted for business school and joined Bank of America’s International Department. While at Stanford, Stephen discovered art history and considered a career in the arts. ![]() Of his parents’ gifts, love of literature is his most cherished. He grew up in California’s Napa Valley in the 1950s in a family of readers-dinner-table conversations often centered on books. Stephen Jordan’s fiction is often inspired from living and working overseas combined with a passion for history. ![]()
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