Since he began writing at age 17, Steve Berman has published over 80 articles, essays, reviews, and short stories. His work has seen print online at Strange Horizons and Velvet Mafia, in the young adult anthologies of Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, and on the blog GuysLitWire. Berman specializes in queer and weird fiction. His young adult novel, Vintage: A Ghost Story, a dark fantasy set in New Jersey's suburbs, earned high praise from Locus Magazine, School Library Journal, and such peers as Holly Black and Greg Frost. The book was featured on the Rainbow List, which is a listing of gay positive works for children and teens sponsored by the GLBT-Roundtable of the American Library Association. It is routinely a bestseller for the InsightOut Book Club. Vintage was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for best speculative novel for teens.

Berman is also an accomplished editor. For both Charmed Lives and Wilde Stories 2008, he was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. He has also edited the anthologies Best Gay Stories 2008, So Fey, and Magic in the Mirrorstone, an anthology of fantastical YA fiction released from Mirrorstone Books, the children's publishing branch of Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro). As an editor, Berman has worked with such diverse authors as Cassanda Clare, Jameson Currier, and Tiffany Trent.

Berman currently resides in southern New Jersey. He is represented by the Gotham Group.