Steve White

Stephen White (1948-2025) was an American science fiction author best known as the co-author of the Starfire series along with David Weber.

He was married, had three daughters and lived in Florida. He worked for many years as a writer at a legal publishing company. He previously served as a United States Navy officer and served during the Vietnam War and in the Mediterranean region.

White passsed away in 2025 after a battle with cancer.

Career Stephen White wrote short stories set in the Starfire universe that were published by Task Force Games in their Nexus magazine, and wrote the Starfire novel Insurrection (1990) with David Weber 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 Exodus (2007), co-authored with Shirley Meier.

Published works

Prince of Sunset Prince of Sunset (1998) Emperor of Dawn (1999)

Starfire series Insurrection with David Weber (1990) Crusade with David Weber (1992) In Death Ground with David Weber (1997) The Shiva Option with David Weber (2002) Exodus with Shirley Meier (2007) Extremis with Charles E. Gannon (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) Legacy (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)