Stephen White (born 1948), is an American

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author best known as the co-author of the ''Starfire'' series along with

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. He is married with three daughters and currently lives in

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. He also works for a legal publishing company. He previously served as a

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and served during the

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and in the

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region.

Career

Stephen White wrote short stories set in the '' Starfire'' universe that were published by

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in their ''

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'' magazine, and wrote the ''Starfire'' novel ''Insurrection'' (1990) with

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 ''

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'' (2007), co-authored with Shirley Meier.

Published works

;Prince of Sunset *'' Prince of Sunset'' (1998) *'' Emperor of Dawn'' (1999) ;''Starfire'' series *''

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'' with David Weber (1990) *''

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'' with

(1992) *'' In Death Ground'' with David Weber (1997) *'' The Shiva Option'' with David Weber (2002) *''

'' with Shirley Meier (2007) *''

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'' with

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(2011) *'' Imperative'' with Charles E. Gannon (2016) *'' Oblivion'' with Charles E. Gannon (2018) *'' The Stars at War'' is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of ''Crusade'' and ''In Death Ground'' (2004) *'' 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 *'' The Disinherited'' (1993) *''

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'' (1995) *'' Debt of Ages'' (1995) ;The Stars *'' Eagle Against the Stars'' (2000) *'' Wolf Among the Stars'' (November 2011) ;Jason Thanou *'' Blood of the Heroes'' (2006) *'' Sunset of the Gods'' (January 2013) *'' Pirates of the Time Stream'' (August 2013) *''Ghosts of Time'' (July 2014) *'' 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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