http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html Whoo-hoo!

Steven Brust wrote his Firefly novel because he loves Firefly/Serenity.

He explains it somewhere in the beginning of his live journal page.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/skzbrust/

He promised that if he was not able to get it published, he would release it as fanfiction. And he has. Whoo-hoo!

His next book in the Vlad Taltos series is being released July 8, 2008

http://www.amazon.com/Jhegaala-Vlad-Steven-Brust/dp/0765301474

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514nMsp7FKL._AA240_.jpg