Steve R. Romano is a prolific writer who's penned more than a dozen books in three categories: science fiction, juvenile fiction, and children's picture books.

The Passion Behind Steve's Books

Steve R. Romano's pastime entertaining guests at renaissance festivals as his fun-loving, costumed character "Laktos the Intolerable" started him on his path to becoming an author. At the end of each festival weekend, Steve would write and share witty stories based on the adventures he shared with his fellow costumed friends. The short stories became such a hit, that his buddies pushed him to do more. "You need to write a book!" they insisted. He took that message to heart and eventually published his first piece, a short fantasy novel.

Steve's fascination with science fiction started as a child after seeing his first episode of the original Star Trek series. In high school, he became a bigger fan after being assigned to read many of the well-known classics in a science fiction English class. His interest in the genre was further heightened after his sci-fi heroes—Gene Roddenberry, Theodore Sturgeon and Ray Bradbury—spoke at one of his high school assemblies. The highlight of that event was when Mr. Roddenberry showed the school a never-before-shown reel of Star Trek bloopers from Gene's private collection.

Moving from fantasy to sci-fi, Steve used his first novel as a jumping off point, expanding the story into a binge-worthy four-book sci-fi series, Dreams of Betrayal, followed by the sci-fi mystery adventure, The Puppet Contingency.

After that, Steve and his wife Heidi focused on a new project, co-writing and illustrating their own children's books. After completing their first book about a mouse princess, they tested it at a local elementary school on the class's reading day. That success was the encouragement they needed to move forward. So far, they've created four books in The Adventures of Amerina series.

The last series of books geared towards middle grade school kids, Mike and Scrag and Tony and the Haunted Goldmine, were inspired by Steve's childhood dog, the stray that followed him home from school one day and became a beloved member of his family.

Science Fiction

Juvenile Fiction

Mike and Scrag series | Tony and George

Children's Picture Books

The Adventures of Amerina series

Where to Buy Steve's Books

Amazon.com, Ebay.com, Walmart.com, and other online bookstores.

Search by the ISBN 13 number (see book title for number) or by Steve R Romano in the books category. You can also search by Heidi Bosch Romano to bring up the picture books that she co-authored.