Kevin J. Anderson

Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files (books), 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 Comics collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps. Kevin is also writing a book based on the first meeting of Batman and Superman, entitles "Enemies and allies: A Novel". Another DC comics related novel by Anderson is "The Last Days of Krypton," telling the story of how Krypton came to be destroyed and the choice two parents had to make for their son.

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 (aka Kevin James Anderson) was born March 27, 1962 in Racine (town), Wisconsin|Racine, 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, with whom he frequently writes.

After several of his early novels were published and met with critical acclaim, Lucasfilm offered him a chance at writing Star Wars novels.

Since 1993, 47 of Anderson's novels have been in bestseller lists. He has more than 20 million books in print worldwide.

Awards

 * Blindfold: 1996 preliminary Nebula Award nominee
 * Resurrection Inc.: nominated for Bram Stoker Award
 * Ground Zero: #1 on The Sunday Times best seller list and voted "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1995" by readers of SFX magazine
 * Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record for "Largest Single Author Signing" (previously set by General Colin Powell and Howard Stern)
 * The Jedi Academy trilogy|Jedi Academy trilogy: three top-selling science fiction novels of 1994
 * Novels with Beason: nominated for the Nebula Award and the American Physical 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, winner of 1999 Golden Duck Award (middle grades) for excellence in science fiction.

Star Wars books
Jedi Academy Trilogy Young Jedi Knights series (with Rebecca Moesta):
 * Darksaber (novel)|Darksaber (1996)
 * 1) Jedi Academy Trilogy#Jedi Search|Jedi Search (1994)
 * 2) Jedi Academy Trilogy#Dark Apprentice|Dark Apprentice (1994)
 * 3) Jedi Academy Trilogy#Champions of the Force|Champions of the Force (1994)
 * 1) Heirs of the Force (1995)
 * 2) Shadow Academy (1995)
 * 3) The Lost Ones (Star Wars)|The Lost Ones (1995)
 * 4) Lightsabers (novel)|Lightsabers (1996)
 * 5) Darkest Knight (1996)
 * 6) Jedi Under Siege (1996)
 * 7) Shards of Alderaan (1997)
 * 8) Diversity Alliance (novel)|Diversity Alliance (1997)
 * 9) Delusions of Grandeur (novel)|Delusions of Grandeur (1997)
 * 10) Jedi Bounty (1997)
 * 11) The Emperor's Plague (1997)
 * 12) Return to Ord Mantell (1998)
 * 13) Trouble on Cloud City (1998)
 * 14) 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)

Reference works:
 * The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995)
 * The Essential Chronology (with Daniel Wallace, 2000)
 * The New Essential Chronology (original text only)

Dune universe|Dune books
(all with Brian Herbert) Short stories:
 * Dune: House Atreides (1999)
 * Dune: House Harkonnen (2000)
 * Dune: House Corrino (2001)
 * Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
 * Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003)
 * Dune: The Battle of Corrin (2004)
 * The Road to Dune (2005)
 * Hunters of Dune (2006)
 * Sandworms of Dune (2007)
 * Paul of Dune (2008)
 * The Winds of Dune (2009)
 * Sisterhood of Dune (2012)
 * Mentats of Dune (2014)
 * Navigators of Dune (2016)
 * "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)
 * Assemblers of Infinity (1993) ISBN 0-553-29921-2
 * Ill Wind (1995)
 * Virtual Destruction (1996)
 * Fallout (1997)
 * Ignition (1997)
 * Lethal Exposure (1998)

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) ISBN 978-0002254489
 * Ruins (1996) ISBN 978-0006482536
 * Antibodies (1997) ISBN 978-0002246385

StarCraft books

 * StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga (2001) (as Gabriel Mesta)

Fantastic Voyage books

 * Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm (2001)

as K. J. Anderson

 * Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius (2002) (a fictional life of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo)
 * The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - novelization of the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|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

 * 1) Gamearth (March 1989)
 * 2) Game Play (October 1989)
 * 3) Game's End (September 1990)

Saga of Seven Suns series

 * Prequel: Saga of Seven Suns#Prequel: Veiled Alliances (Graphic Novel) (2004) (Graphic Novel) (2004)


 * 1) Saga of Seven Suns#Book 1: Hidden Empire (2002)|Hidden Empire (2002)
 * 2) Saga of Seven Suns#Book 2: A Forest of Stars (2003)|A Forest of Stars (2003)
 * 3) Saga of Seven Suns#Book 3: Horizon Storms (2004)|Horizon Storms (2004)
 * 4) Saga of Seven Suns#Book 4: Scattered Suns (2005)|Scattered Suns (18 July, 2005)
 * 5) Saga of Seven Suns#Book 5: Of Fire And Night (July 2006)|Of Fire and Night (2006)
 * 6) Saga of Seven Suns#Book 6: Metal Swarm (December 2007)|Metal Swarm  (July 2007 UK/Australia, December 2007 US)
 * 7) Saga of Seven Suns#Final Book 7: The Ashes of Worlds (Due out June 2008)| (June 2008)

Terra Incognita series
Book 1: The Edge of the World (June 2009)

HarperEntertainment

 * The Last Days of Krypton (2007)

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

Comics

 * Strange Adventures#JSA Strange Adventures|JSA Strange Adventures #1-6 - 2005, DC Comics

Edited volumes
He has also edited anthologies including:


 * War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996, ISBN 0-553-10353-9)