Cliff is the son of an English Mother and a Canadian Father. His Grandparents, Christian and Helena Steffenson, emigrated from Copenhagen Denmark to Canada in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and his Mother’s family are from the north east coast of England. He is a family man, married to Sylvia for forty-eight years, and they have five children, two sons and three daughters, and several much loved Grandchildren. The vast untamed wilderness of Canada has inspired Cliff to write, and the wilderness still fills him with awe. It is a place of great beauty but also a dangerous place where one can never take anything for granted. Cliff is now retired and lives on England’s North Eastern seaboard in the Victorian village of Seaton Carew, and spends his days writing novels.