Steve Taylor, PhD, is the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality, including Waking From Sleep, Back to Sanity, The Fall, Out of the Darkness, The Meaning, and The Calm Center. His books have been translated into 19 languages.

His work has been described by Eckhart Tolle as "an important contribution to the shift in consciousness happening on our planet." A regular contributor to Eckhart Tolle’s website, Taylor has been included in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine’s list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People for four years in a row.

He is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University.