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A pseudonym of Steven Piziks


Steven Harper Piziks was born with a name that no one can reliably spell or pronounce, so he often writes under the pen name Steven Harper. He lives in Michigan with his family. When not at the keyboard, he plays the folk harp, fiddles with video games, and pretends he doesn’t talk to the household cats. In the past, he’s held jobs as a reporter, theater producer, secretary, and substitute teacher. He maintains that the most interesting thing about him is that he writes books.


Steven is the creator of The Silent Empire series, the Clockwork Empire steampunk series, and the Books of Blood and Iron series for Roc Books. All four Silent Empire novels were finalists for the Spectrum Award, a first!

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Male Nudity

My friend Joe Kort (a therapist) mused on his page that men these days avoid nudity in all-male public spaces, but less than a generation ago, men were quite casual about it. Why the change? I wrote an extended opinion in response, and thought it was worth sharing here, too. Your thoughts?

I think a chunk of it is that it's simply become more acceptable to want body privacy nowadays. Men and boys d Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.80 · 4,554 ratings · 589 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors
The Doomsday Vault (Clockwo...

3.63 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Dreamer (The Silent Empire,...

3.84 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
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Writing the Paranormal Nove...

4.01 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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The Impossible Cube (Clockw...

3.66 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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Iron Axe (The Books of Bloo...

3.64 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions
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Nightmare (The Silent Empir...

4.13 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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Trickster (The Silent Empir...

4.04 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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The Dragon Men (Clockwork E...

3.88 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
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Offspring (The Silent Empir...

3.95 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
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Unity

3.51 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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“Not my job to judge, boy." Baba Yaga filled and lit the pipe again. "But I do observe that its difficult to escape familiar patterns. When you live your life with cruel words, you look for people to give them to you. When you escape and evil stepmother, you take an uncaring bride. When your father throws you out, you love someone who won't love you back. And to keep yourself in cruelty, you're willing to risk head and hands on the mayors side board. Keep the pattern going. Hm.”
― Steven Harper, Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables

“Finding Louisa in her drawing-room was like discovering a kitten in the cupboard--not necessarily unwelcome, but still startling.”
― Steven Harper, The Doomsday Vault
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“Grand gestures may be dramatic, but they're rarely practical.”
― Steven Harper, The Doomsday Vault

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