John Stevenson was born on May 10, 1937 in Manchester, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Brass (1983) and The Last of the Baskets (1971). He was married to Myra Davies, Sheila McGregor and Barbara Sutcliffe. He died on September 5, 2023 in the UK.
A TV Times article in May 1971 noted that he was one of a group of TV scriptwriters from or based in the Oldham area along with Leslie Duxbury, Tom Brennand, Roy Bottomley and Geoffrey Lancashire.