Stephen J. Groak
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Stephen J. Groak

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Stephen J. Groak is originally from the South, the Deep South--New Zealand, growing up in West Auckland. He currently lives in Los Angeles County with his family, and a menagerie of other critters. The year 2020 marks the centennial anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s arrival in Boston, Massachusetts, aboard The City of Sparta with the mission of bringing the sacred technique of Kriya Yoga to the West. In his latest book, Groak honours this occasion with a collection of bhakti (devotional) poems entitled "The Dust of Thy Feet." In "Bubble 'n' Squeak," Groak's second book, he explores his colourful childhood in 1970s West Auckland, New Zealand, in a collection of twenty-seven stand-alone short stories. With Nigel Sorenson as an alter ego, the author experiments with POV in a hodge-podge mixture of voices and tales that chronologically gel together like the English-style breakfast bubble and squeak--a meal traditionally made on a Sunday morning from the leftovers of the previous evening's roast dinner. Groak's first book, "Christmas Yve: A Kiwi Elf's dream to Join Santa" received a Merit award (Juvenile Fiction) in the 2017 CIPA Evvy Awards. His short stories have appeared in Tower Journal, Penmen Review, and Serving House Journal. In his free time, he loves to play backyard cricket with his family and mates. "When I'm writing, I'm flying high."
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