Storytelling by Stephen Burke
Hi, I’m Stephen Burke, a writer and author based in Boise, Idaho. As a marketer, I have 20+ years of experience with top brands, including Microsoft, REI and Nordstrom. My work ranges broadly from taglines to outdoor guides and white papers, print, digital, social, email, employer branding, ESG reporting, newsletters and experimenting with emerging social platforms. Portfolio 1 and Portfolio 2 show the breadth of that work.
In the last several years, my skill set has expanded from the creative to include website management on WordPress, Google Analytics, Google Search Console and SEO, along with the emerging discipline of GEO and its role in structuring content to earn mentions and citations in AI-generated responses. I also have more than a decade of experience in SEM and social advertising across multiple platforms.
Fiction is how I got started as a writer. I formed writing groups in Boston and Seattle while slowly learning the craft and the art. After earning my MFA as a Graduate Writing Fellow at Columbia University, I turned my thesis into a self-published novel titled The Chieftains of South Boston. See posts on the political and underworld history woven into the story at ChieftainsofSouthBoston.com.
I finished my second novel, The Mahoneys of West Seattle, in 2021. More info at MahoneysofWestSeattle.com. In 2022, I moved to the Ipswich, Massachusetts, area to reacquaint myself with the community and to volunteer on a local farm, all research for my third novel, Ipswich, Mon Amour, now available on Amazon.com.