Steve perry author biography outline

American television writer and science fiction author

For the author of ThunderCats, see Stephen Perry (writer). For the singer, see Steve Perry.

Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is an American television writer and science fiction author.

Biography

Perry is a native of the Deep South. His residences have included Louisiana, California, Washington, and Oregon.

Steve perry author biography outline

Prior to working full-time as a freelance writer, he worked as a swimming instructor, lifeguard, assembler of toys, a clerk in a hotel gift shop and car rental agency, aluminum salesman, martial art instructor, private detective, and nurse.

His wife is Dianne Waller, a Port of Portland executive. They have two children and five grandsons.^[1] One of their children is science fiction author S. D. Perry.

He is a practitioner of the martial art Silat, which inspired him to create the fictional martial arts Sumito and Teräs Käsi, both of which are essentially fictionalized versions o