Stephen Walker is an award-winning BBC journalist.Born in England and educated in Northern Ireland, he has worked for BBC Northern Ireland for 20 years as a television and radio reporter, a documentary maker and a lobby correspondent at Westminster.

He has made numerous current affairs and historical documentaries. Stephen's journalism has been honoured by the Royal Television Society and the Association of European Journalists.

In 2005 he was named the Northern Ireland Journalist of the Year. His first book, Forgotten Soldiers: The Irishmen Shot at Dawn was shortlisted for the 2007 Irish Non Fiction Book of the Year.

He lives in County Down with his wife and family.