York native Steve McKee's most recent book, My Father's Heart, has received critical acclaim and quite a bit of national media attention.

During appearances on the Today Show, on NPR and during interviews on Oprah, Steve has told the story of how, as a 16-year old, he was along with his father he he suffered a massive heart attack and died in the family's home.

It is an extraordinary story of an all-too-ordinary scenario: A father dies, a son remains, and the loss casts a long shadow across a generation. Rich in evocative detail of time, place, and family, it is a powerful memoir of love, forgiveness, and finding oneself.

He is currently an editor on the Wall Street Journal’s Global Copy Desk. He was for a time the first sports editor of the Journal’s Friday Weekend Journal, and in 2001-2002 he was the original writer of the online Journal’s popular sports column, “The Daily Fix.” Steve was also the sports columnist for the Journal’s daily coverage of of the 2002 Winter Olympics from Salt Lake city.

In addition to My Father's Heart, Steve has authored Coach and The Call of the Game.