Winner of the 2015 "Big Read" Ursula K. Le Guin Short Story Contest

NEW! April 2024

Honorable Mention New England Book Awards 2012

The Little Black Bauble - CD Words and Music by Kenneth McKenna Read by Steven R. Porter

Steven R. Porter is the author of the critically-acclaimed Southie crime thriller Confessions of the Meek & the Valiant, and the award-winning historical novel Manisses based on the legends and rich history of Block Island, Rhode Island. In 2017, he co-authored a book on overcoming panic and anxiety, Scared to Death... Do It Anyway,with Brian Beneduce.

In April 2024, Steve released his long-awaited novel Fiddlehead that satirizes a season of youth league baseball.

In 2011, along with a handful of talented local authors, he founded the 501(c)3 non-profit Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA) to help promote, market and sell the state's best books throughout the region and the country. With a membership of over 350 authors, it is New England's fastest growing arts organization. He retired as its first president in 2020.

Steven speaks frequently to schools, libraries, and civic organizations about his books, the growing trend in independent publishing, and on an assortment of special topics in book writing and marketing.

He and his wife Dawn are the founders of the independent publishing company Stillwater River Publications that has produced over 700 books for authors from all over the country, and around the world. In March 2018, they opened a full-service independent bookstore -- Stillwater Books -- which has recently relocated to West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Founding member