Stephen White (born 1948) is an American
science fiction
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author best known as the co-author of the
''Starfire'' series along with
David Weber.
He is married with three daughters and currently lives in
Florida
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. He worked for many years as a writer at a legal publishing company. He previously served as a
United States Navy
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officer and served during the
Vietnam War
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and in the
Mediterranean
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region.
Career
Stephen White wrote short stories set in the ''
Starfire'' universe that were published by
Task Force Games in their ''
Nexus'' magazine, and wrote the ''Starfire'' novel ''Insurrection'' (1990) with
David Weber after ''Nexus'' was cancelled in 1988; this book was the first in a tetralogy that concluded with their final collaboration,
''The New York Times'' bestseller ''
The Shiva Option'' (2002).
White also continued the series with ''
Exodus'' (2007), co-authored with Shirley Meier.
Published works
;Prince of Sunset
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Prince of Sunset'' (1998)
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Emperor of Dawn'' (1999)
;''Starfire'' series
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Insurrection'' with David Weber (1990)
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Crusade
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'' with
David Weber (1992)
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In Death Ground'' with David Weber (1997)
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The Shiva Option'' with David Weber (2002)
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Exodus'' with
Shirley Meier (2007)
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Extremis
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'' with
Charles E. Gannon (2011)
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Imperative'' with Charles E. Gannon (2016)
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Oblivion'' with Charles E. Gannon (2018)
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The Stars at War'' is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of ''Crusade'' and ''In Death Ground'' (2004)
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The Stars at War II'' is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of ''The Shiva Option'' and ''Insurrection'' with 20,000 words of connecting material and restored edits (2005)
;The Disinherited
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The Disinherited'' (1993)
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Legacy'' (1995)
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Debt of Ages'' (1995)
;The Stars
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Eagle Against the Stars'' (2000)
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Wolf Among the Stars'' (November 2011)
;Jason Thanou
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Blood of the Heroes'' (2006)
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Sunset of the Gods'' (January 2013)
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Pirates of the Time Stream'' (August 2013)
*''Ghosts of Time'' (July 2014)
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Soldiers Out of Time'' (August 2015)
*''Gods of Dawn'' (August 2017)
The Jason Thanou short story
The Last Secret of Mary Bowser (2014) was published before the release of ''Ghosts of Time'' at baen.com.
;Other novels
* ''
Forge of the Titans'' (2003)
* ''
Demon's Gate'' (2004)
* ''
The Prometheus Project'' (2005)
* ''
Saint Antony's Fire'' (2008)
* ''
Her Majesty's American'' (September 4, 2018)
References
External links
Steve White, Author Listing at Baen Books*
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1948 births
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American short story writers
American male novelists
American male short story writers
American science fiction writers
Living people