Character Profile: Steve Lopez

Name: Lopez, Steve
Date of Birth: 1953, N/A
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity: Caucasian/Latin American

Background Information: Steve Lopez didn’t talk much about his personal life previous to meeting Nathaniel. His childhood was not brought up in the book except a few sentences about being raised in Los Angeles. However his past jobs were brought up having written for Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly, and Sports Illustrated. Now he works at L.A. Times, where he started the column about Nathaniel. He has a wife named Alison and a young daughter named Caroline, who was only 2 years-old when Steve first met Nathaniel. Besides these small facts brought up in the book he didn’t really tell the reader much about his background.

Characteristics: Steve is a very nice man, which is easy to say but he shows in the book how genuinely nice he actually is. He befriended a homeless man, who he discovered has a mental illness and still remains his friend trying to help him get his life together. He’s tolerant, many times in the book he’s put up against aggravating obstacles and still remains remotely calm and never over reacts. That’s to me is a strong trait to have, patients he said is something he never thought he’d contain but it really shows in the book that he must in order to put up with Nathaniel. Steve is a loving father and husband, who when not working or helping Nathaniel is always enjoying time with his family.