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- Early professional work
- Writing career
- Selected works
- Author
- Coauthor
- Editor
- References
{{Orphan|date=March 2015}}Bradley Steffens (born February 10, 1955) is an American poet, playwright, novelist, and author of more than forty nonfiction books for children and young adults.[1]Early professional workIn the mid-1970s Steffens self-published two chapbooks of his poetry,[2] which he sold on the streets of Southern California. In 1976, the City of Laguna Beach, California, denied Steffens a permit to sell his works within the city limits, touching off brouhaha in the local press.[3] Steffens went to court, seeking relief under the First Amendment, but the court ruled in favor of the city. Steffens turned to writing a series of one-act plays-in-verse, which were professionally produced as “Herod the Great: A Sequence of Pageants” by the Olympia Arts Ensemble in Minneapolis in 1981 with Michael Yonkers in the title role. Noel Bredahl of the St. Paul Post-Dispatch hailed the play as "an awesome creation on the part of the playwright.[4] David Hawley, also of the St. Paul Post Dispatch, wrote, “Steffens is a powerful, talented artist."[5] Writing careerSteffens has published more than fifty poems over the last forty years, receiving many awards along the way, including the Emerging Voices Award presented by The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and the Lake Superior Writing Competition Award sponsored by the Duluth Public Library. While working as a freelance proofreader for Lucent Books in 1989, Steffens wrote his first nonfiction book for children, Animal Rights. Over the next twenty-seven years, he wrote twenty-five more books for children and young adults, coauthored seven, and edited the 2004 anthology The Free Speech Movement. His works have been praised by Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Children’s Literature. The Fountain called his Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist a “beautiful work about Ibn al-Haytham and his advancement of experimental science.”[6] Steffens is a two-time recipient of the San Diego Book Award for Best Young Adult & Children's Nonfiction. His Giants won the 2005 award[7] and his J.K. Rowling received the 2007 prize.[8] J.K. Rowling also earned Steffens the Theodor S. Geisel Award for the best published book by a San Diego County author in 2007.[9] His Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist was excerpted in Discovery Channel Magazine[10] in March 2010. He was the keynote speaker at the Southeast Regional Conference of The Islamic Medical Association of North America, the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York,[11] the Pacifica Institute,[12] and Women in Dialogue.[13] Selected works{{Empty section|date=February 2016}}Author- The Science and Technology of Basketball (The Science and Technology of Sports). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2020. {{ISBN|9781682826492}}
- Gun Violence (Emerging Issues in Public Health). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2020. {{ISBN|9781682826690}}
- Cell Phone Addiction (Emerging Issues in Public Health). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2020. {{ISBN|9781682826652}}
- Fossil Fuels (Thinking Critically). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682825334}}
- Genetic Testing and Research (Thinking Critically). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682825358}}
- Gun Violence and Mass Shootings. San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682825150}}
- Policing (Threats to Civil Liberties). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682824498}}
- Privacy (Threats to Civil Liberties). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682824511}}
- The How the Internet Is Changing the World. San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682824153}}
- Teen Suicide (Thinking Critically). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781682824474}}
- Cell Phones (Thinking Critically). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2018. {{ISBN|9781682823354}}
- Genocide (Human Rights in Focus). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682822258}}
- Torture (Human Rights in Focus). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682822357}}
- The Prisoner of Al-Hakim. Clifton, NJ: Blue Dome Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682060162}}
- Securing Cyberspace (Real-World STEM). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682822494}}
- Eliminate the Threat of Nuclear Terror (Real-World STEM). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682822418}}
- Big Data Analyst (Cutting Edge Careers). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682821763}}
- Biomedical Engineer (Cutting Edge Careers). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682821787}}
- Careers in Medical Technology (High-Tech Careers). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682821169}}
- Careers in Internet Technology (High-Tech Careers). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781682821145}}
- Is Marijuana Harmful? (Issues in Society). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2016. {{ISBN|9781682820971}}
- Cutting Edge Internet Technology (Cutting Edge Technology). San Diego: ReferencePoint Press, 2016. {{ISBN|9781682820902}}
- Free Speech (Ripped from the Headlines). Yankton, SD: Erickson Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9781602170155}}
- Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist (Profiles in Science). Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|9781599350240}}
- J.K. Rowling (People in the News). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2007. {{ISBN|9781590189634}}
- Giants (Monsters). San Diego: Kidhaven Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0737731656}}
- Censorship (Overview Series). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2004. {{ISBN|1590181875}}
- J.K. Rowling (People in the News). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002. {{ISBN|1560067764}}
- Understanding Of Mice and Men (Understanding Great Literature). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002. {{ISBN|156006644X}}
- Furman v. Georgia (Famous Trials). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001. {{ISBN|1560064706}}
- Censorship (Opposing Viewpoints Digests). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001. {{ISBN|1565103904}}
- Emily Dickinson (The Importance Of). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1998. {{ISBN|1560060891}}
- Censorship (Overview Series). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995. {{ISBN|1560061669}}
- Loch Ness Monster (Exploring the Unknown). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1995. {{ISBN|1560061596}}
- Addiction (Opposing Viewpoints Juniors). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994. {{ISBN|1565100948}}
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (Great Mysteries). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994. {{ISBN|1565100980}}
- Free Speech (Opposing Viewpoints Juniors). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1992. {{ISBN|0899080987}}
- Phonograph (Encyclopedia of Discovery and Invention). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1992. {{ISBN|1560062223}}
- Photography (Encyclopedia of Discovery and Invention). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1991. {{ISBN|1560062126}}
- The Children’s Crusade (World Disasters). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1991. {{ISBN|1560060190}}
- Printing Press (Encyclopedia of Discovery and Invention). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1990. {{ISBN|1560062053}}
- Working Mothers (Opposing Viewpoints Juniors). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1989. {{ISBN|0899084974}}
- Animal Rights (Opposing Viewpoints Juniors). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1989. {{ISBN|0899084710}}
- From the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters: An Anonymous Romance of Theatric Space... and Six Anonymous Songs. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications, 1976.
- From an Eighteenth Century Painted Tile and Other Poems. San Francisco: Sack Back Publications, 1975.
Coauthor- With Don Nardo, Cyclops (Monsters). San Diego: Kidhaven Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0737726156}}
- With Don Nardo, Medusa (Monsters). San Diego: Kidhaven Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0737726172}}
- With Craig Staples, The Trial of Charles Manson (Famous Trials). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002. {{ISBN|1560067330}}
- With Diana Saenger, Life as a Vietnam POW (American War Library). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001. {{ISBN|1560067160}}
- With Robyn M. Weaver, Cartoonists (History Makers). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. {{ISBN|1560066687}}
- With Dan Woog, Jesse Jackson (People in the News). San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. {{ISBN|1560066318}}
- With James House, The San Francisco Earthquake (World Disasters). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1989. {{ISBN|1560060034}}
EditorFree Speech Movement (American Social Movements). San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0737711566}} References1. ^"Library of Congress Online Catalog: Bradley Steffens". United States Library of Congress.
2. ^Bradley Steffens, From an Eighteenth Century Painted Tile and Other Poems. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications,1975. Anonymous, From the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters: An Anonymous Romance of Theatric Space,and Six Anonymous Songs. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications, 1976. https://books.google.com/books?id=kTcGHwAACAAJ, https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003UNTG72/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all
3. ^Janice Brownfield, Reporter vs. Publisher. Santa Ana, California: Alpenstock Publishing, 1986, pp. 46-47.
4. ^Noel BreDahl (April 9, 1981). “What’s playing on area stages.” St. Paul Dispatch, p. 3B.
5. ^David Hawley (April 6, 1981). “’Herod’ suffers from uncontrolled excess.” St. Paul Post-Dispatch, p. 14A.
6. ^Ertan Salik (May–June 2008). "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist." The Fountain.
7. ^Arthur Salm (May 22, 2006). “San Diego's award-winning writers”. San Diego Union Tribune.
8. ^Robert L. Pincus (May 25, 2008). “Steffens takes top honor at book awards bash.” San Diego Union Tribune.
9. ^Robert L. Pincus (May 25, 2008). “Steffens takes top honor at book awards bash.” San Diego Union Tribune.
10. ^Bradley Steffens (March 2010). “The Optical Scientist”. Discovery Channel Magazine, pp. 90-95.
11. ^Haris Tarin (May 20, 2010). “MPAC-NY Celebrates 6th Anniversary at Annual Dinner.” Muslim Public AffairsCouncil.
12. ^“Lecture Series with Author Bradley Steffens.” Pacifica Institute.
13. ^First Scientist (March 11, 2010). Gonna Happen.
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