Steve Taylor is a lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, where he teaches mainly on the Psychology and Society degree course. He is the author of several bestselling books on psychology and spirituality. These include Waking From Sleep, The Fall, Making Time and Out of the Darkness . His books have been published in 11 languages, and his articles have been published in over 30 academic journals, magazines and newspapers, including The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, The Journal of Consciousness Studies, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Psychologies, the Daily Express and Resurgence . His work has been featured widely in the media in the UK, including on BBC Breakfast , BBC World TV, BBC Radio 4 and 5, and in the Guardian . Steve is also a poet; his first collection of poetry, The Meaning , was published by O Books in 2012.
In a recent survey in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine, Steve was listed at number 31 in a list of the world’s most spiritually influential living people. He regularly gives talks and lectures, and lives in Manchester with his wife and three young children.