Books by Stephen Gillen

Born in England, Stephen Gillen spent his fi rst nine years in Belfast in the height of 'Th e Troubles'. Aft er coming back to England and then London he progressed through an unsettled childhood and care system until going to prison for the fi rst time at fourteen. He then progressed to serious crime and for the next twenty years was involved in organized crime ending up with a seventeen year sentence as a Category A prisoner in the UK's most Secure prisons and Units. Aft er having overcome many challenges in his life, including addiction, Stephen then transformed his life becoming an Award-Winning International Public Speaker, a successful Entrepreneur in many industries, Humanitarian and in 2020 was nominated by the Universal Peace Federation for the 'Sunhak' International Peace Prize for his work. Stephen today is very focused on helping people to build new innovative businesses empowering society, his humanitarian and Peace work, and his goal of improving hundreds of millions of lives worldwide. In his globally awaited book, 'Th e Monkey Puzzle Tree', based on the true story of his life and inspired by true events, Stephen has written a literary masterpiece that not only takes the reader through early civil unrest in Northern Ireland, London, and Organised Crime and life in Britain's most secure prisons as a High-Security Prisoner, but a unique and inspiring story of transformation, his redemption and how he forged a new life of success