Steven Barnes is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels of science fiction, horror, and suspense. The Image, Endeavour, and CableACE Award–winning author also writes for television, including The Twilight Zone, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, and an Emmy Award–winning episode of The Outer Limits.

He has also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Seattle University, and lectured at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. With his wife, British Fantasy Award–winning author Tananarive Due, he has created online courses in afrofuturism, Black horror, and screenwriting. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and has lived in that area all his life, except for a decade in the Northwest and three years in Atlanta, Georgia. Barnes and Due live with their son, Jason.