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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. 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. 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 of Silat.

Literary career

Perry has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, which have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Perry is perhaps best known for the Matador series. He has written books in the Star Wars, Alien and Conan universes. He was a collaborator on all of the Tom Clancy's Net Force series, seven of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. Two of his novelizations, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Men in Black have also been bestsellers. Other writing credits include articles, reviews, and essays, animated teleplays, and some unproduced movie scripts. One of his scripts for Batman: The Animated Series was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Writing.

Perry is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Animation Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, West.

Published works

Dome with J. Michael Reaves (1987) – present-day end of the world, prequel to Matador series in that it mentions spetsdöds

The Mask (novelization of The Mask) (1994)

Trinity Vector (1996)

The Digital Effect (1997)

Men in Black (1998 Novelization)

Time Was: Isaac Asimov's I-BOTS with Gary Braunbeck (1998)

Titan A.E. (2000 Novelization) with Dal Perry

Windowpane (2003)

Matador series

The Matador series chronicles the birth, evolution, victory, and aftermath of a rebellion that overthrows a corrupt and declining interstellar government. The series features a fictional martial art known as "Sumito" or "The 97 Steps".

The Man Who Never Missed (1985)

Matadora (1986)

The Machiavelli Interface (1986)

The Omega Cage with J. Michael Reaves (1988)

The 97th Step (1989)

The Albino Knife (1991)

Black Steel (1992)

Brother Death (1992)

The Musashi Flex (2006)

Churl (2023)

Conan series

Conan the Fearless (1986)

Conan the Defiant (1987)

Conan the Indomitable (1989)

Conan the Free Lance (1990)

Conan the Formidable (1990)

Star Wars

Shadows of the Empire (1996)

Shadows of the Empire: Evolution (2000)

Star Wars MedStar

MedStar I: Battle Surgeons with Michael Reaves (2004)

MedStar II: Jedi Healer with Michael Reaves (2004)

Star Wars Death Star

Death Star with Michael Reaves (2007)

Aliens

Aliens: Earth Hive (1992)

Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (1993)

Aliens: The Female War with Stephani Perry (1993)

Aliens vs. Predator

Prey with Stephani Perry (1994)

Hunter's Planet with David Bischoff (1994)

Predator

Turnabout (2008)

Tom Clancy's Net Force

(created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik)

Breaking Point (2000)

Point of Impact (2001)

Cybernation (2001)

State of War (2003)

Changing of the Guard (2003)

Springboard with Larry Segriff

The Archimedes Effect with Larry Segriff (2006)

Leonard Nimoy's Primortals

Target Earth (1997)

Star Risk

Chris Bunch's The Gangster Conspiracy with Dal Perry (2007)

Stellar Ranger

Stellar Ranger (1994)

Lone Star (1994)

Time Machine

Sword of the Samurai with J. Michael Reaves (1984)

Civil War Secret Agent (1984)

Venture Silk

Spindoc (1994)

The Forever Drug (1995)

Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead (2009)

Thong

Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts of Saturn (1998) with J. Michael Reaves

Cutter's Wars

The Ramal Extraction (2012)

The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)

The Tejano Conflict (2014)

The Void series

The Void Fighter (2024)

The Void Vixen (2024)

The Void Child (2025)

Television

The Centurions (1986)

The Real Ghostbusters (1987)

Spiral Zone (1987)

Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (1987)

Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)

Conan and the Young Warriors (1994)

Gargoyles (1995)

Street Fighter (1996)

Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)

Godzilla: The Series (1998)

Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2000)