Yet, luck was with him as four days later his agent presented him with a two-book deal Bantam Doubleday involving a seven-figure monetary reward. Shortly after, in 1996 he lost his day job as a general manager at a wholesale meat plant. In order to pay for his book editing fees, the author had to sell his car. In fact, because it had the movie deal attached to the book, it created a major bidding war among the major six-book publishing houses. MEg was also was optioned to Disney to become a major feature film.

The book would become the first in the MEG thriller series about a massive prehistoric megalodon shark awakened in the modern era. Eventually, his debut novel, MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror, was born. While working both late at night and during the weekend in order to support his family at a job he didn’t really care for, Steve started working on a book he was thinking about for a long time. He worked as an entrepreneur for five years prior to him moving to Florida with his family. His initial career goal was to coach Men’s Division I college basketball, however, after graduation, he left that goal behind.

In high school he was active in sports, playing basketball, which he went on to also play in college. In college, Steve Alten wrote short stories, but he was not thinking at the time of a career in writing. Next, he attended the Temple University for four years and got his Doctorate of Education. After graduating in 1981, he attended the University of Delaware, from where he got his Masters Degree in Sports Medicine. He got his Bachelors degree in Health and Physical Education at Penn State University. Steve Alten ( website) was born in 1959 in Philadelphia, where he also grew up.

New Steve Alten Books MEG: Nightstalkers, 2016 Undisclosed, (standalone) 2017 I’ve read all the Steve Alten books in order for his series and a few of the standalone novels (including Undisclosed), and if you haven’t check this author yet, you definitely should.

In fact, Meg: Primal Waters was the very first book I have ever read by this thriller author, but it certainly was not my last. The Steve Alten books include one of my favorite series called MEG.

Steve alten books in order