Steven Corbin

Steven Corbin (October 3, 1953 – August 31, 1995) was an American writer.  He was best known for his novel Fragments That Remain, which was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for Gay Fiction at the 6th Lambda Literary Awards in 1994. 

Originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, he studied at Essex County College for two years before transferring to the University of Southern California to study film.  Although he dropped out of that program, he began to write as a hobby while working as a secretary and as a taxi driver.  He published his debut novel, No Easy Place to Be, in 1989. 

He published Fragments That Remain in 1993, and his third and final novel, A Hundred Days from Now, in 1994.  He published several short stories in anthologies and literary magazines.  He was also an HIV/AIDS activist with ACT UP, and taught creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles. 

He died on August 31, 1995 of AIDS complications, in New York City. 

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