Full name: Steven Webb
D.O.B: 28th October 1961 Place of Birth: Wiltshire, United Kingdom Education: Barberton High school Favourite authors: Bryce Courtenay, Wilbur Smith, Nelson DeMille, Mark Giminez, Lee Child Favourite sports: Golf and rugby Favourite team: Sharks and Springboks Favourite pastimes: Camping, writing Favourite meal: Chops, eggs and chips. Favourite films: We were soldiers once…and young, Apollo 13 Wild Hogs I came to South Africa in 1971 when I was just ten years old, with my parents, my brother Andrew and my sister Kirsty. When I was young I was a very keen soccer player and won player of the year for the club I played for, Harmony, a small town in the Free State. Prior to this I had been introduced to rugby, not through any choice of my own mind you. Unfortunately, when I was eighteen I fractured my right leg rather badly whilst playing soccer and spent eighteen months in plaster which put paid to any dreams I had of becoming a professional soccer player. After spending some time at Welkom High and Capricorn High Schools, I finished my schooling at Barberton High School. I came to love Barberton and the Lowveld with a passion that I still feel today. The town is steeped in history and is located in a part of the country that I can only describe as being Gods country. It was from Barberton that I left to do my national service as related in my first book Ops Medic: A National Serviceman’s Border War. After national service In 1986 I joined the Johannesburg Emergency Services and have spent the last 24 years of my life as a paramedic, which is what my latest book Paramedics: Lights and Sirens is about. I am married to Pamela and have three step-children, Paul, Chantelle and Crystal and one grandchild. Chantelle married Wayne in 2009 and just this year on Valentines Day our delightful and absolutely adorable grandson, Malachi Joshua arrived in the world. I like to spend time with good friends and my family. At present my family and I live in Zambia. |   |
