Steve Geng
Steve Geng grew up an army brat in Philadelphia and attended high schools in Heidelberg, Germany, and Orleans, France. He was a career thief (Record Steve), a saloon keeper, and an actor (who appeared in episodes of TV's Miami Vice and Jonathan Demme's film Miami Blues). He's an active member of Manhattan's recovery community, and the brother of the late New Yorker humorist Veronica Geng. Thick as Thieves is Geng's first book. He lives in Manhattan.