Author · Cyclist · Educator

Steven Malikowski

Author of stories about finding a way forward.

Steven R Malikowski writes about endurance, humour, disability, illness, and the people who help us keep moving when life changes direction.

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Books

Creative work

Forthcoming memoir

Cancer’s Compass

After Steven’s cancer reaches Stage 4, a new medication gives him time, though no one knows how much. He decides to cycle across the US while he still can.

Along the way, he meets remarkable survivors and special people. One is Anna, a German cyclist who reconnects him with the life he once loved in London. Cancer’s Compass is a memoir about mortality, connection, and choosing to live fully while life remains uncertain.

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Published book

Walking Out of the Dark

Bad luck took his sight. With hope and humour, my brother didn’t let it take more.

Based on real events in Minnesota, the book follows Mike as he adjusts to declining sight, attends a school for blind adults, and finds practical ways to rebuild an independent life. The story gives equal room to difficulty, resilience, friendship, and a distinctly mischievous sense of humour.

4.4 out of 5 stars from 27 Amazon ratings

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What readers have said

“Real and raw.”

Phil Bolos · Amazon review

“Inspirational and lots of fun.”

Chelsey McQuitty · Amazon review

“Resilience, hope and humour that is amazing.”

John H. Manhold · Amazon review

About

Steven R Malikowski

Steven is a writer and long-distance cyclist whose work often begins where a carefully made plan meets an inconvenient reality. He has completed extended bicycle journeys across the United States and Britain, as well as rides through France, Belgium, Canada, and other parts of North America and Europe. Those journeys have supplied landscapes, generous strangers, setbacks, and rather more hills than strictly necessary.

His creative writing explores how people adapt when illness, disability, or uncertainty changes the route ahead. Before concentrating more fully on writing, Steven taught and worked in learning technology at St George’s, University of London, and at universities in the United States. He holds a PhD in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.

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Selected academic work

Research and teaching

Steven’s academic work examined how universities adopt and use learning technologies. This section is intentionally secondary to his creative writing.

2010–11
A Three Year Analysis of CMS Use in Resident University Courses. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 39(1), 65–85.
2008
Factors Related to Breadth of Use in Course Management Systems. The Internet and Higher Education, 11(2), 81–86.
2007
A Model for Research into Course Management Systems: Bridging Technology and Learning Theory. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 36(2).
1997
Interacting in History’s Largest Library: Web-Based Conferencing Tools. In B. Khan (Ed.), Web-Based Instruction.

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