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Steve Hawk

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https://www.stevehawkauthor.com

Genre

Thriller, Sports, Mystery

Member Since

November 2014

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Steve Hawk began his writing career as a newspaper reporter. He would go on to spent eight years as editor of Surfer magazine, six years as executive editor of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club), and five years as editor of Stanford Business magazine.

He also worked as a writer and consultant on the fictional HBO series John From Cincinnati. He is the author of Waves, a coffee-table book about the aesthetics and physics of ocean waves, and recently ghost-wrote a book (due out in the summer of 2027) for his brother, Tony, that celebrates the history and culture of skateboarding.

He has been surfing for nearly 60 years, and is one of a one of a handful of people to have ridden waves on all seven continents. He lives with his family near ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 162 ratings · 51 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nearshore 3.76 avg rating — 117 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waves 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Surfer Magazine by Steve Hawk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dave Parmenter (Foreword), Chris Mauro (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Steve Hawk liked Sara's review of Nearshore: "I received a free DRC through Netgalley and the publisher. 3.5 stars rounded to 4. I think this book was well-written. I just didn't like how much it went into detail in how to make a bomb and seemed a bit too real in today's world of billionaires run" Read more of this review »
Jul 15, 2026 12:12PM · see review
Steve Hawk and 7 other people liked Otis Chandler's review of Nearshore: "Steve Hawk is a compelling writer - I flew through this book. And what a fun concept to combine some beautiful descriptions of California coast along Half Moon Bay with a global nuclear plot stemming out of a California tech company. I used to surf i" Read more of this review »
Jul 15, 2026 12:12PM · see review
Steve Hawk and 4 other people liked A mountain man’s point of review's review of Nearshore: "But courtesy of Goodreads giveaway. I went into Nearshore not really knowing what to expect, and it ended up being one of those books that kept creeping back into my thoughts whenever I put it down. Instead of relying on constant action, it builds te" Read more of this review »
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Steve Hawk liked Bill Haddad's review of Nearshore: "Terrific thriller about domestic nuclear terrorism - and west coast surfing. Quite a fascinating combination. Though I have minimal experience with the west coast, law enforcement, or surfing, the writing is so good that I felt like I was really ther" Read more of this review »
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