A graduate of
Kingston University, Steele directed
Dead End, an animated short for
Frederator Studio's
Cartoon Hangover, in 2014. This led to him directing two animated short films for
Nickelodeon's International Shorts program. He simultaneously pursued a career in webcomics and graphic novels, publishing his first novel, Pantheon in 2014. He also expanded his short film
Dead End into the webcomic
DeadEndia, which ran on
Tapas from 2015 to 2018, but was then significantly revised for publication as a graphic novel ''DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test
by Nobrow Press in 2018. In 2022, The Watcher's Test
was partially adapted by Blink Industries and Netflix Animation as an animated fantasy horror comedy television series, Dead End: Paranormal Park, with Steele serving as showrunner and executive producer. The series received positive critical acclaim and several accolades, including the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids and Family Programming. Despite the cancellation of Paranormal Park
after two seasons, the story of DeadEndia
was continued in two sequel graphic novels, The Broken Halo
(2019) and The Divine Order'' (2025). ==Personal life==