J. Steven York (born 1957 in Alabama, United States) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
York was born in rural southeast Alabama and from childhood showed a strong interest in science fiction, fantasy and space exploration.
York continued to work writing non-fiction articles and reviews for magazines for many years, but his love of science-fiction never left him.
In addition to his contributions to the game itself, the CD release included a novel-length prose work written by York, Divided Destiny.
In addition, he maintains a web comic called Minions at Work, as well as two sites dedicated to his and his wife's fiction writing; York Writers & Tsunami Ridge Publishing.