Steven Charles was born in 1972 in Staten Island, NY. He taught himself how to read at a young age by having his mother read Danny and the Dinosaur over and over again until he could read it himself. He moved to Westchester, NY, when he was 10, where he eventually went to Manhattanville College to study music. He moved around, spending some time in Connecticut and Hawaii, before moving back to the mainland where he met his wife, Daniela, who was visiting the US from Brazil. After a short, long-distance courtship, he asked her to marry him by reciting a Sonnet on the beach on New Year's Eve in Brazil. They now live in Florida with their four kids where he works as a Workday Consultant during the day and an author by night.