SUDDEN TRAGEDY Author & Grateful Dead superfan Steve Silberman dies age 66 as husband pays tribute

The Writer's husband shared more details about his passing on blui Silverman is best known for his contributions to Wired Magazine and his 2015 best-selling book neurotribes which focuses on autism rights and neurodiversity movements sorry to start your day with bad news Silverman's husband Keith wrote Silverman married Keith a high school science teacher in 2003 it's my very sad duty to inform you all that at stavis Silberman do.so my wonderful husband and best friend passed away last night he continued Keith noted that he would share additional information later he also asked for his friends and followers to please take a moment to remember silberman's kindness humor wisdom and love Silberman studied psychology at Oberlin College before receiving a master's degree in English literature from Berkeley in 1979 he moved to San Francisco citing the city's music scene and LGBT friendly community in his 20s he was notably a teaching assistant for American poet and writer Alan Ginsburg at naropa University as a writer his articles appeared in wired the New York Times the New Yorker nature Salon the Boston Globe and the fin financial times over the years he received many prestigious Awards including the American Association for the advancement of science's Cav science journalism award for magazine writing in 2010 in 2011 Silverman's X account made the list of best Twitter feeds his bestselling book neurot tribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson prize an annual British book prize for best non-fiction writing in the English language it was also chosen as one of the best books of 2015 by the New York Times The Economist the Boston Globe the independent and the financial times in 2016 Silverman gave the keynote address at the United Nations on world Autism Awareness Day Silverman wasn't just a writer and an advocate however he was also a Grateful Dead Super Fan and recognized widely by the music Community for his work co-producing The Grateful Dead's career spanning box set so many roads 1965 to 1995 he won a gold record from the recording industry Association of America the set was also named Rolling Stones box set of the year in 2017 he appeared in the documentary film long strange trip which included newly conducted interviews with the band's living me members their family and friends in the last few months Silberman was vocal about his opposition to former presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy and his running mate Nichol Shanahan he called Shanahan so dangerous for disabled people like her own daughter and wrote about how she was playing into one of the darkest chapters of the Kennedy Legacy Silverman died suddenly on August 29 2024 and no cause of death was immediately revealed his last post on Instagram celebrated scientific Americans 179th birthday making it the oldest continuous publication in America Silverman's friends and author Community pay tributes to the writer on social media celebrating his life and Legacy absolutely devastated by the news that it stav Silberman has passed wrote fairy Jaber the author of becoming Earth how our planet came to life he was a brilliant writer and one of the most honest and generous people I've ever known full of wisdom and advice he added what a life he lived and know how many lives he made immeasurably better Skyler McKinley a friend of Silverman's wrote that he will be remembered as such an important voice for so many communities he also credited Sil man's curious spirit and incisive wit adding that he'll miss him the thinking Person's Guide to autism also pay tribute to their dear friend who they called a tireless and enthusiastic Ally to our entire Community his book neurotribes enlightened empowered and educated Millions about autism and autistic people may his memory be a blessing they added journalist Young aser Ali also reflected on his time with Silverman saying he was blown away by what he learned after reading Muro tribes he called Silverman's acclaimed work one of many remarkable contributions in a remarkable life adding that the writer and Advocate kindly educated him on several issues Steve was very supportive of me and many others and I am so grateful for his graciousness he wrote offering his condol es to Silverman's husband