Steve Biddulph is one of the world's best known parent educators who lectures worldwide on parenting, and boys' education. A psychologist for forty years, he is now retired but continues to write and teach. His books, including The Secret of Happy Children, Raising Boys, The New Manhood and 10 Things Girls Need Most are in four million homes and over thirty languages. They have influenced the way we look at childhood and especially the development of boys and men.

Steve is one of a group of child development specialists in the UK and elsewhere who argued successfully for the introduction of parental leave. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Psychology and Counselling, Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, in March 2011 and is also a Member of the Order of Australia for his work in young people's mental health. He has two grown up children, and lives in Tasmania with his wife and co-author Shaaron.