I’m a writer based in Seattle and Washington, D.C., who has had the great good fortune to write about some of the most interesting and important topics of our time, including genetics, race, human origins, evolution, climate change, education, talent, and competition. Here’s a short bio. For a longer summary of my 30-year career as a freelance writer, here’s a resume.

On September 28, 2010, itbooks, an imprint of HarperCollins, will publish a book called Anarchy Evolution that I co-wrote with Greg Graffin, an evolutionary biologist from Cornell who’s also the co-founder and lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion.  In the acknowledgments to the book, Greg wrote a gracious and accurate description of the co-writing process:  “As we began the task of putting together my ideas for Anarchy Evolution, Steve had some worries that came out only after the project was complete.  He had never coauthored a book, but he had read a lot about other collaborators who had nightmarish experiences with similar projects.  The ease with which Anarchy Evolution came together, however, shocked both of us.  There were no snags, no hold-ups, no arguments.  Each chapter went through several iterations without a single hitch.”

You can order the book here or here.  And when it comes out, let me know what you think about it.