Steve è autore di Blood Donors e un poeta performer che si è esibito in importanti festival e locali. Il suo secondo romanzo per giovani adulti offre una modernizzazione grintosa e spiritosa di un racconto classico, ispirato dalla sua residenza in occasione del bicentenario di Dickens. Attualmente sta sviluppando un'opera supportata dall'Arts Council, operando come scrittore residente in uno stadio di calcio.
A group of undocumented children with letters for names, are stuck living in a refugee camp, with stories to tell but no papers to prove them. As they try to forge a new family amongst themselves, they also long to keep memories of their old identities alive. Will they be heard and believed? And what will happen to them if they aren't? An astonishing piece of writing that will enchant and intrigue children; perfectly pitched at a 9+ readership.
For fans of Benjamin Zephaniah, Kevin Brooks and Melvin Burgess: Like being blasted in the face with a water cannon - absolutely vivid-Guardian Children's Books Site.
BAD BLOOD. BAD DRUGS. BAD BUGS. WELCOME TO THE FINGER. A Splatterfest with a Social Conscience from radical new voice in teen fiction, Steve Tasane.Peoples keep dyin' in the finger, the scuzzie old tower block where they put us antisociable families. Authorities say it dirty smack going round, but them bodies ain't all users ... an' they look like they die screamin'. Marshall O'Connor the First lives in the Finger with his mum and li'l bro. His dad's in prison, school kicked him out, and the bedbugs are drivin' him crazy. True, Marsh got himself some issues. But it ain't the drugs that peoples should be worryin' about, 'cos them bloodsuckin' bugs have grown some, and they ready for a bigger feed...