Steve played club cricket for 47 years and then retired from the game to write about it. He is the author of two critically-acclaimed books on cricket, one of which sold out three editions in six months and is now sold out.
He is also a Google-ranked blogger, with his 'Peakfan' Blog on Derbyshire cricket having attracted 1.25 million views. It has won awards and enjoyed six years of exponential growth. Lives near Glasgow with his wife, two children and Wallace, a fox terrier and works in retail
Blog address: http://derbyshirecricket.blogspot.co.uk
Twitter: @peakfanblog
Edwin Smith: a life in Derbyshire Cricket (2015)
In Their Own Words: Derbyshire Cricketers in Conversation (2016)
The Barlow Years (forthcoming tbc)
Edwin Smith: a life in Derbyshire Cricket, is a biography, telling the story of a Derbyshire cricket legend who is one of only two living men with over a thousand wickets for the county. Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, the first edition sold out in 3 weeks!
In Their Own Words is a history of Derbyshire County Cricket Club since WW2, told in interview with some of its best-loved names. International stars and journeymen professionals rub shoulders within the pages, which critics have called 'a delightfully nostalgic book' , 'a laugh on almost every page' and 'a sprinkle of literary fairy dust'.
Contact: Email peakfan36@yahoo.co.uk
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