Steve Miller (the author, not the musician) dies

Steve Miller, who, with Sharon Lee, wrote the very successful Liaden Universe novels, was found unresponsive last night. CPR and EMTs couldn’t help.

I’ve known Steve and Sharon for a couple of decades, and this is a shock. He has had heart issues for a long time, but seemed to be doing OK. He was posting on Facebook just the day before. He was a good guy and much fun to talk with. He attended Albacon regularly (and shared the GOH slot with Sharon)

I saw that. I’m really sory to hear it. I enjoyed his work.

I haven’t read any of the work; but I’m sorry for your loss.

From Conflict of Honors (Del Rey, 1988) through Salvage Right (Baen, 2023) I have enjoyed Steve Miller and Sharon Lee’s work for more hours than I can count, reading and re-reading. This is very sad news indeed. I believe Baen has their novels in print (caution - there are omnibus editions that include multiple earlier novels) and at least one (two, I think) in their Free Library (caution, consumption may prove habit-forming). I feel I’ve lost a friend I never met.

After reading one of their books I had promptly bought all the ones currently in print, so when I heard they were going to be Guests of Honor at a convention I brought the whole collection to their autograph table. Since for some reason there was almost no line when I got there I got a chance to chat, and Steve told me where I could find some of the books I was missing.