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Steve Perry, born on the 31st of August, 1947, is an American television writer and science fiction author from the Deep South. He has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, and is best known for the Matador series. Before writing full-time, he held jobs including private detective, nurse, martial arts instructor, and aluminum salesman.
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 called Sumito, also known as The 97 Steps. It began with The Man Who Never Missed in 1985 and continued through Churl, published in 2023.
Steve Perry wrote Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire in 1996, which became a bestseller. He also co-authored the MedStar duology and the Death Star novel with Michael Reaves. His Star Wars work includes Shadows of the Empire: Evolution in 2000.
One of Steve Perry's scripts for Batman: The Animated Series was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing. Perry wrote for the series across its 1992-1995 run. He also contributed to other animated series including Gargoyles, Godzilla: The Series, and Spider-Man Unlimited.
Teräs Käsi is a fictional martial art that Steve Perry created, based on his practice of the real Southeast Asian martial art Silat. Perry introduced it into the Star Wars universe. He also created Sumito, a related fictional martial art that forms the backbone of his Matador series.
Steve Perry was a collaborator on all of the books in the Tom Clancy's Net Force series, seven of which appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. The series was created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. Perry's Net Force contributions span from Breaking Point in 2000 through The Archimedes Effect in 2006.