Kevin J. Anderson
- For Kevin Anderson the actor, see Kevin Anderson (actor).
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| Pseudonym: | Gabriel Mesta |
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| Born: | March 27 1962 Oregon, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Genres: | Science fiction |
| Debut works: | Resurrection, Inc |
| Influences: | The War of the Worlds |
Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is a prolific
American science fiction author. He has written spin-off
novels for Star Wars, StarCraft,
Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and
is the co-author of the Dune prequels. His original works include the
Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula
Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection
Anderson serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest.
His wife is author Rebecca Moesta. They currently reside near Monument, Colorado.
Biography
Kevin J. Anderson was born March 27, 1962 in Oregon, Wisconsin. The War of the Worlds greatly influenced him. He wrote his first story at eight years old entitled Injection. At ten, he bought a typewriter and has written ever since.
In his freshman year in high school, he submitted his first short story to a magazine, but it took two more years before one of his manuscripts was accepted. When it was accepted, they paid him in copies of the magazine. In his senior year, he sold his first story for money for $12.50. In 1988 his first novel, Resurrection, Inc. was published.
Anderson worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for twelve years. There, he met Rebecca Moesta (his wife) and Doug Beason, who he frequently writes with.
After ten of his science fiction novels were published and met with wide critical acclaim, Lucasfilm offered him a chance at writing Star Wars novels.
Since 1993, 32 of Anderson's novels have been in bestseller lists. He has 16 million books in print worldwide. His books have been translated into Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
Awards
- Blindfold: 1996 preliminary Nebula Award nominee
- Climbing Olympus: nominated for Bram Stoker Award
- Ground Zero: #1 on the London Sunday Times best seller list and voted "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1995" by readers of SFX magazine
- Guinness World Record for "Largest Single Author Signing" (previously set by General Colin Powell and Howard Stern)
- Jedi Academy trilogy: three top-selling science fiction novels of 1994
- Novels with Beason: nominated for the Nebula Award and the American Physics Society's "Forum" award
- Ruins: on the New York Times best seller list (The first X-Files novel to do so) and voted the "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1996"
- Star Wars anthologies: best selling science fiction anthologies of all time.
- X-Files novels: international best sellers.
- Young Jedi Knights Series: New York Times best sellers.
Bibliography (incomplete)
Star Wars books
- Darksaber (1996)
- 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)
Short story anthologies edited by Anderson:
- Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
- Tales from Jabba's Palace (1996)
- Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)
Dune books
(all 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
with Doug Beason
- Lifeline (1990)
- The Trinity Paradox (1991)
- Nanospace (1992)
- Ill Wind (1995)
- Virtual Destruction (1996)
- Fallout (1997)
- Lethal Exposure (1998)
- Ignition (1997)
using materials by L. Ron Hubbard
- Ai! Pedrito! (1998)
using materials by A. E. van Vogt
- Slan Hunter (2007)
with Dean Koontz
- Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book One: Prodigal Son (January 25, 2005)
X-Files books
- Ground Zero (1995)
- Ruins (1996)
- Antibodies (1997)
StarCraft books
- StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga (2001) (as Gabriel Mesta)
Fantastic Voyage books
- Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm (2001)
as K. J. Anderson
- (2002) (a fictional life of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - novelization of the 2003 movie
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - novelization of the 2004 movie
Original
- Resurrection, Inc. (1988)
- Climbing Olympus (1994)
- Blindfold (1995)
- Hopscotch (2002)
- The Martian War (2005)
Gamearth Trilogy
- Gamearth (March 1989)
- Game Play (October 1989)
- Game's End (September 1990)
Saga of Seven Suns series
- Prequel: Veiled Alliances (Graphic Novel) (2004)
- Hidden Empire (2002)
- A Forest of Stars (2003)
- Horizon Storms (2004)
- Scattered Suns (18 July, 2005)
- Of Fire and Night (2006)
- Metal Swarm (July 2007 UK/Australia, due December 2007 US)
- The Ashes of Worlds (Due June 2008)
Short story collections
- Dogged Persistence (2001)
- 18 stories, including: Canals in the Sand, Dogged Persistence, Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas, Final Performance, Fondest of Memories, The Ghost of Christmas Always, Human, Martian One, Two, Three, Prisoner of War, Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror, Scientific Romance
- Landscapes
Edited volumes
He has also edited anthologies including:
- War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996, ISBN 0-553-10353-9)
See also
External links
- Kevin J. Anderson's web site
- Kevin J. Anderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Golden Gryphon Press official site - About Dogged Persistence
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