Steven Meloan graduated from USC in Biology, and briefly worked in medical/cancer research. He has worked extensively in the software and web development world of the San Francisco Bay Area, at such companies as Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems. His written work has appeared in Wired, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Buzz, Los Angeles, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He was also a scriptwriter for a Los Angeles based "Webisodic" entertainment site (American Cybercast) that was featured in both Time and Newsweek.