Stephen May

Stephen or Steven May may refer to:

Stevie May

Steven "Stevie" May (born 3 November 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for English club Preston North End as a striker. May has previously played in the Scottish leagues for St Johnstone, Alloa Athletic and Hamilton Academical, and in the English leagues for Sheffield Wednesday. He has been capped once internationally by Scotland.

Club career

St Johnstone

Early career

May began playing football aged ten and started his career as a member of St Johnstone's youth squad. Aged 16, May made his first team debut on 11 May 2009 as a substitute against Airdrie United in the Scottish First Division scoring his first senior goal. May later recalled on his debut, quoting: "Derek McInnes gave me my first taste of first team football. He gave my SPL debut at 16. He believed in me. He taught me how important it was to keep possession when I had the ball and make the opposition work to get it back." In 2009 he signed a new contract that tied him to the club until 2012.

May had to wait another season for his next appearance, coming on as a substitute on 13 November 2010 against Hearts in the Scottish Premier League. With his first start coming on 26 January 2011 against Motherwell. He scored two goals on 1 February 2011 in their 2–0 win over Hamilton. In all he made 22 appearances that season scoring twice.

Stephen May (novelist)

Stephen May (born 1964) is a critically acclaimed British novelist, playwright and TV writer.

Biography

Born in 1964, May grew up in Bedford and was educated at Bedford Modern School and Essex University.

After university, May was variously a barman, warehouseman, museum attendant, television writer and teacher. He had his first child while still at college after which he spent several years of struggle to support his family. This period of his life ‘largely informs his writing, and permeates through his first novel’ TAG which was on the 2009 Wales Book of the Year Long List.

May’s second novel, Life! Death! Prizes! was published in 2012 and shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Book Awards. The novel is narrated by Billy, a mixed-up teenager, struggling to raise his little brother after the death of their mother. It earned May comparisons to Dave Eggers and J.D. Salinger.

In 2014, May published his latest novel, Wake Up Happy Every Day.The Independent on Sunday’s review of the book stated: “He riffs entertainingly on failure … Talk of misspent youth, assassins and obstreperous protagonists belies the emotional core which makes May's books moving”.