# Steve Miller (the author, not the musician) dies

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [February 21, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-miller-the-author-not-the-musician-dies/997898 "2024-02-21T17:24:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-miller-the-author-not-the-musician-dies/997898/1 "2024-02-21T17:24:56Z")

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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)

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-miller-the-author-not-the-musician-dies/997898/2 "2024-02-21T17:34:44Z")

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

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-miller-the-author-not-the-musician-dies/997898/3 "2024-02-21T20:10:42Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Owlish48](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/owlish48/32/16239_2.png) [@Owlish48](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Owlish48)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-miller-the-author-not-the-musician-dies/997898/4 "2024-02-21T22:05:37Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-miller-the-author-not-the-musician-dies/997898/5 "2024-02-23T00:06:07Z")

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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.