Shelby Steele, a highly accomplished and multifaceted individual, entered this world on January 1, 1946, in the culturally resplendent and dynamic city of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Steele has been blessed with the enduring companionship and unwavering encouragement of his devoted partner, Rita Silverman, whom he had the immense pleasure of marrying in 1967. This remarkable union has served as the cornerstone upon which he has constructed a life replete with love, joy, and warmth, as he shares it with the two cherished offspring that Rita has brought into his life.