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Kevin J. Anderson (b. March 27, 1962, Oregon Wisconsin) is a prolific American science fiction author. Anderson co-authored eight Dune prequels with Brian Herbert and has also written tie-in novels for Star Wars, The X-Files, Starcraft and Titan A.E.. He has also worked with best selling author Dean Koontz on Prodigal Son.

Biography

Born and raised in Oregon, Wisconsin, Anderson realized his love of fiction early . He wrote his first three page novel at eight on his father's typewriter about a mad scientist who invents a formula that can animate anything. He uses the formula to animate dinosaur skeletons to impress his colleagues.

He bought his own typewriter at ten from money earned doing chores and began working on his dream. He began submitting his stories to magazines in high school and after numerous rejections got his first acceptance. His first official novel, Resurrection, Inc. was published when he was 25.

Anderson worked as a technical writer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for twelve years. He met his wife, Rebecca Moesta, at the Livermore Lab as well as fellow author and collaborator, Doug Beason.

Anderson was a well published author when he was approached by Lucasfilm to write Star Wars novels.

Bibliography

Gamearth Trilogy

• Gamearth (March 1989)
• Game Play (October 1989)
• Game's End (September 1990)

Saga of Seven Suns series

• Prequel: Veiled Alliances (2004) (Graphic Novel)
• Hidden Empire (2002)
• A Forest of Stars (2003)
• Horizon Storms (2004)
• Scattered Suns (July 18, 2005)
• Of Fire and Night (2006)
• Metal Swarm (July 2007 UK/Australia, December 2007 US)
• The Ashes of Worlds (June 2008)

With Dean Koontz

• Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book One: Prodigal Son (January 25, 2005)

With Doug Beason

• Assemblers of Infinity, Bantam (February 1993)
• Fallout (The Craig Kreident series), Ace Books (March 1997)
• Ignition, Tor (March 1997)
• Ill Wind, Tor (June 1995)
• Lethal Exposure (The Craig Kreident series), Ace Books (July 1998)
• Lifeline, Bantam, (December 1990)
• The Trinity Paradox Bantam, (November 1991)
• Virtual Destruction (The Craig Kreident series), Ace Books(March 1996)

With Kristine Kathryn Rush

• Afterimage Penguin (August 1992)
• Afterimage/Aftershock (July 1998)

With Rebecca Moesta

• StarCraft: Shadow of Xel'Naga, Pocket Paperback by "Gabriel Mesta"(June 2001)
• Titan A.E.: Akima's Story, Ace Paperback Books (May 2000)
• Titan A.E.: Cale's Story, Ace Paperback Books (May 2000)

With John Gregory Betancourt

• Born of Elven Blood, Byron Preiss Visual Publications (1995)

Star Wars Books

• Darksaber (1996)
• Resurrection, Inc. (1988)
• Climbing Olympus (1994)
• Blindfold (1995)
• Hopscotch (2002)
• The Martian War (2005)

Jedi Academy Trilogy

• Jedi Search (1994)
• Dark Apprentice (1994)
• Champions of the Force (1994)

Young Jedi Knights series (with Rebecca Moesta):

• Heirs of the Force (1995)
• Shadow Academy (1995)
• The Lost Ones (1995)
• Lightsabers (1996)
• Darkest Knight (1996)
• Jedi Under Siege (1996)
• Shards of Alderaan (1997)
• Diversity Alliance (1997)
• Delusions of Grandeur (1997)
• Jedi Bounty (1997)
• The Emperor's Plague (1997)
• Return to Ord Mantell (1998)
• Trouble on Cloud City (1998)
• Crisis at Crystal Reef (1998)

Dune Books

with Brian Herbert

• Dune: House Atreides (1999)
• Dune: House Harkonnen (2000)
• Dune: House Corrino (2001)
• The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
• The Machine Crusade (2003)
• The Battle of Corrin (2004)
• The Road to Dune (2005)
• Hunters of Dune (2006)
• Sandworms of Dune (2007)

Short stories:

• Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas
• Dune: Hunting Harkonnens
• Dune: Whipping Mek
• Dune: The Faces of a Martyr
• Dune: Sea Child

X-Files Books

• Ground Zero (1995)
• Ruins (1996)
• Antibodies (1997)

Edited Works

• War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches, Bantam (June 1996)
• Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
• Tales from Jabba's Palace (1996)
• Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)

External Links

• Wordfire - Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta
• Dunenovels - Biography
• Dragon*Con Biography

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