# Stepan Chapman

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**Stepan Chapman** (May 27, 1951 — January 27, 2014) was an [American writer](/source/American_literature) of [speculative fiction](/source/Speculative_fiction) and [fabulation](/source/Fabulation). He is best known for the [Philip K. Dick Award](/source/Philip_K._Dick_Award) winning novel *[The Troika](/source/The_Troika)*.[1]

Chapman was born and raised in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) and then studied theatre at the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan). His first published work was a story in *[Analog Science Fiction and Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)* in 1969. As a rule his work is more fable-like in tone and surreal than is common for that magazine. He also had several stories in [Damon Knight](/source/Damon_Knight)'s [*Orbit* anthologies](/source/Orbit_(anthology_series)). From the late 1970s, he was primarily published in small literary magazines. A collection of his stories was published, titled *Dossier*.[2]

## Bibliography

### Novels

- *The Troika* (The Ministry of Whimsy Press, 1997). Published in a revised ebook edition in 2012.

### Short story collections

- *Dossier* (Creative Arts Book Company, 2001)

### Chapbooks

- *Danger Music* (The Ministry of Whimsy Press, 1996)
- *Common Ectoids of Arizona* (Lockout Press, 2001)
- *Life on Earth* (Four-Sep Publications, 2003)

## References

1. Locus Publications. ["Locus Online News » Stepan Chapman (1951-2014)"](http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/02/stepan-chapman-1951-2014/). Locusmag.com. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

1. [SFSite](https://web.archive.org/web/20020502023650/http://www.sfsite.com/05b/ds104.htm)

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