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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952, Los Angeles, California) is an American science fiction writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician.[1]

He has written several episodes of The Outer Limits and Baywatch. He has also written the episode "Brief Candle" for Stargate SG-1 and the Andromeda episode "The Sum of its Parts".[2] Barnes's first published piece of fiction, the 1979 novelette "The Locusts," was written with Larry Niven, and was a Hugo nominee.[3][4]

Personal life

Barnes has had a varied education, including a secondary education at Los Angeles High School. He continued at Pepperdine University, majoring in Communication Arts. He is a certified hypnotherapist, trained at the Transformative Arts Institute in San Anselmo, California. Barnes is married to Tananarive Due, a writer. The couple live in Los Angeles. Barnes has a daughter from his first marriage and a son from his current marriage.

His true passion, other than writing, is martial and physical arts. He is a Black Belt in Kenpo Karate (Aikka style), and Kodokan Judo. He holds an instructor certificate in Wu Ming Ta, and has an instructor candidate ranking in Filipino Kali stick and knife fighting. He is an advanced student in Jun Fan kickboxing (Bruce Lee method under Dan Inosanto), and is an instructor in Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan under Hawkins Cheung.

He is an intermediate student in self defense pistol shooting (Turnipseed modified Weaver method). He holds a Brown Belt in Shorenji Jiu Jitsu, and intermediate rankings in Tae Kwon Do and Aikido. He completed the Yoga Works basic Hatha Yoga instructor program; is presently studying Pentjak Silat (an Indonesian fighting system) with Guru Stevan Plinck, and Ashtanga Yoga (an aerobic form of yoga).
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