Stephen Roach is host of the Makers and Mystics podcast and founder of The Breath and The Clay creative arts organization. Stephen travels as a keynote speaker and event curator conducting workshops and events centered on the exploration of creativity and the spiritual life. He has penned five volumes of poetry, an illustrated children’s book titled Satchel Willoughby & The Realm of Lost Things, a practical guide for artists titled, Five Creativity Killers and How To Avoid Them and Naming The Animals: An Invitation To Creativity.  

Stephen is a multi-instrumentalist with a background in ethnomusicology and film composition. His musical group, Songs of Water composes for film and television including the award-winning Australian animated short, Teacups. Stephen has contributed to the works of recording artists Ricky Skaggs, Josh Garrels, Jonathan and Melissa Helser, John Mark McMillan and others.

Stephen lives in North Carolina with his wife Sarah and children Evangelyn Belle and Isaac Brighton.