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waterville maine he was 73 steve had been fighting heart trouble for several years and old newspaperman that he was had prepped his obituary for the trade months before steve had worked many jobs before becoming a full time writer including managing early bbs systems acting as an internet librarian owning and managing a science fiction themed used bookstore and art gallery with his wife and acting as a freelance reporter for many baltimore area and national publications steve leaves behind a legacy that has profoundly shaped the landscape of science fiction and inspired a generation of new writers last year saw the publication of their 100th collaboration together the national best selling science fiction novel salvage right ribbon dance also a liaden novel is scheduled for release in june 2024 and sharon intends to continue the series as they had planned steve s interest in chess was lifelong he was a member of the university of maryland baltimore county chess league a u s chess 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