Steven Barnes was born in Los Angeles and lives there with his wife, author Tananarive Due. He has written episodes of The Outer Limits, Baywatch, Stargate SG-1 and Andromeda. Barnes first published piece of fiction, the 1979 novelette "The Locusts," was written with Larry Niven, and was a Hugo nominee. He is a science fiction writer, lecturer, and creative consultant.
His true passion, other than writing, is martial and physical arts. He is a Black Belt in Kenpo Karate, and Kodokan Judo. He holds an instructor certificate in Wu Ming Ta, and has an instructor candidate ranking in Filipino Kali stick and knife fighting.
Barnes has co-author his wife, Tananarive Due and actor Blair Underwood to create the Tennyson Hardwick series: Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel (2008), In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel (2009), & From Cape Town With Love (May 2010).
- The Dream Park series:
- Dream Park (1981) (with Larry Niven)
- The Barsoom Project (1989) (with Larry Niven)
- The California Voodoo Game (1992) (with Larry Niven)
- The Aubry Knight series:
- Street Lethal (1983)
- Gorgon Child (1989)
- Firedance (1993)
- The Heorot series:
- The Legacy of Heorot (1987) (with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
- Beowulf's Children (1995) (with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
- The Insh'Allah series:
- Lion's Blood (2002) (winner 2003 Endeavour Award)
- Zulu Heart (2003)
- Stand-alone novels, screenplays, and other works:
- Casanegra (with Blair Underwood and Tananarive Due)
- The Descent of Anansi (1982) (with Larry Niven)
- The Kundalini Equation (1986)
- Fusion (1987) (comic book mini-series)
- Achilles' Choice (1991) (with Larry Niven)
- Blood Brothers (1996)
- Iron Shadows (1997)
- Far Beyond the Stars (1998) (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novelization)
- The Lives of Dax: "The Music Between the Notes" (1999)
- Saturn's Race (2000) (with Larry Niven)
- Charisma (2002)
- The Cestus Deception (2004) (Star Wars) Great Sky Woman (2006)
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