Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Steven Hayward has published four books of fiction, including The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke (winner of the Premio Grinzane Cavour prize), and the Canadian national bestseller Don’t Be Afraid. A founding member of the Critical Karaoke Radio Project, he is also Editor-At-Large of Springs Magazine and is the Director of the Colorado College Journalism Institute. The creator of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s Colorado Cold Case Podcast, he was the writer, host, and executive producer of the show’s first two seasons. A confessed Block Plan enthusiast and founding member of IBILTA (the International Block and Intensive Learning and Teaching Association), he co-directed a documentary feature film about the Block Plan’s past and present and produced a podcast series about the history of its founding. 

WATCH DR. HAYWARD's TEDX TALK:

(1) How to binge a college semester in one week | Steven Hayward | TEDxManitouSpringsLive - YouTube