


Steakley's sister told the press that he went to Hollywood at the invitation of screenwriter L.M. He died after a five-year battle with liver disease. He was an avid golfer and in the mid-1990s carried a single-digit handicap. In 1988, Steakley married photographer Lori Jones they held their wedding reception in the showroom of a local Subaru dealership. He then went on to study at Westminster College in Missouri, and at Southern Methodist University, where he received his BA in English. Mark's School and graduated from Colorado Academy, a boarding school in Denver. Steakley's father owned a Chevrolet dealership in Dallas from 1962 until he sold it in 1999. Aside from brief spells in South America and Hollywood, Steakley lived most of his life in Texas. He published four short science fiction and fantasy stories. He published two major novels, Armor (1984) and Vampire$ (1990) the latter was the basis for John Carpenter's Vampires movie. (J– November 27, 2010) was an American science fiction author.
