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Byrd was born on December 29, 1982 at Scott Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The oldest of three children, he grew up in the rural communities of Iron City and Saint Joseph, Tennessee. He attended South Lawrence Elementary School, where he developed a deep love of reading and often read books from the school library that were well above his reading level. His favorite book series was The Hardy Boys.

Initially, Byrd dreamed of a career as a nurse. Eventually, however, he decided on emergency medicine and became a paramedic. He attended EMT training at Columbia State Community College in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee and paramedic training at Northwest Shoals Community College in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He is currently a certified Critical Care Transport Paramedic.

Byrd wrote his first novel in 2021. Citing Stephen King's Rose Red as an influence, he loved the idea of a story featuring a haunted house. His second novel, When Crazy Loves You is a romantic thriller. The third novel, released in 2021, Inner Demons is his most notable work. It is a story of a fictional paramedic struggling with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Byrd reports that he used some of his own experiences as inspiration for the book. Fear of the Ocean, Byrd's fourth novel, was a horror novel that was not approved for global distribution. In February of 2025, he released Blood Eagle, a fictional detective story featuring the character Grant Bell, a character that is set to headline an entire series of books.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29771578.Stephen_Byrd