Kevin J. Anderson

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Kevin J. Anderson
Born March 27, 1962 (1962-03-27) (age 49)
Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Pen name Gabriel Mesta, K.J. Anderson
Occupation Author
Language English
Nationality American
Genres Science fiction, fantasy, horror
Spouse(s) Rebecca Moesta

Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author with over forty bestsellers. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and with Brian Herbert 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 Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps. Some of Anderson's superhero novels include Enemies & Allies, about the first meeting of Batman and Superman and 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.

He is also participating in the The Stellar Guild series published by Phoenix Pick. The series pairs bestselling authors like Anderson with lesser known authors in science fiction and fantasy to help provide additional visibility to them.

His wife is author Rebecca Moesta. They currently reside near Monument, Colorado.

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[edit] Biography

Kevin J. Anderson (aka Kevin James Anderson) was born March 27, 1962 in 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.[1] 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[citation needed], 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.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Works

[edit] Star Wars books

Jedi Academy trilogy

  1. Jedi Search (1994)
  2. Dark Apprentice (1994)
  3. Champions of the Force (1994)

Young Jedi Knights series (with Rebecca Moesta):

  1. Heirs of the Force (1995)
  2. Shadow Academy (1995)
  3. The Lost Ones (1995)
  4. Lightsabers (1996)
  5. Darkest Knight (1996)
  6. Jedi Under Siege (1996)
  7. Shards of Alderaan (1997)
  8. Diversity Alliance (1997)
  9. 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:

Reference works:

[edit] Dune books

(all with Brian Herbert)

Short stories:

[edit] Hellhole Series

with Brian Herbert

  • Hellhole (2011)
  • Hellhole Inferno (2013?)
  • Hellhole Impact (2015?)

[edit] with Doug Beason

[edit] using materials by L. Ron Hubbard

[edit] using materials by A. E. van Vogt

  • Slan Hunter (2007)

[edit] with Dean Koontz

  • Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book One: Prodigal Son (January 25, 2005). Future editions of this book removed Anderson's name from the cover.

[edit] Crystal Doors series

with Rebecca Moesta

  • Island Realm (2006)
  • Ocean Realm (2007)
  • Sky Realm (2008)

[edit] X-Files books

[edit] StarCraft books

[edit] Fantastic Voyage books

  • Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm (2001)

[edit] as K. J. Anderson

[edit] Original

  • Resurrection, Inc. (1988)
  • Climbing Olympus (1994)
  • Blindfold (1995)
  • Hopscotch (2002)
  • The Martian War (2005) (as Gabriel Mesta)

[edit] Gamearth Trilogy

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

[edit] Saga of Seven Suns series

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

[edit] Terra Incognita series

  • The Edge of the World (June 2009)
  • The Map of All Things (June 2010)
  • The Key to Creation (June 2011)

Anderson and musician and music producer Erik Norlander created a crossover project called Roswell Six [2] and released the album "Terra Incognita: Beyond The Horizon".[3] It combines progressive rock/metal with science fiction lyrics by Anderson and his wife.

[edit] HarperEntertainment

[edit] Comics

[edit] Edited volumes

He has also edited anthologies including:

[edit] Short fiction

Title Year First published in Reprinted in
Fondest of Memories 1991 Full Spectrum 3, ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout and Betsy Mitchell (Doubleday Foundation, 1991) Dogged Persistence (Golden Gryphon Press, 2001)
Music Played on the Strings of Time 1993 Analog 113/1&2 (Jan 1993) Dogged Persistence (Golden Gryphon Press, 2001)
Tide Pools 1993 Analog 113/14 (Dec 1993) Dogged Persistence (Golden Gryphon Press, 2001)
Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror / with Doug Beason 1988 Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy (Bantam Spectra, 1988) Dogged Persistence (Golden Gryphon Press, 2001)
Rescue at L-5 / with Doug Beason 1990 Project Solar Sail, ed. Arthur C. Clarke and David Brin (Roc/Penguin, 1990)

[edit] Collections

  • Dogged Persistence (Golden Gryphon Press, 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, Music Played on the Strings of Time, Prisoner of War, Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror, Scientific Romance, Tide Pools
  • Landscapes

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.wordfire.com/KJA-bio
  2. ^ http://www.myspace.com/roswellsix
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Metallum: Terra Incognita: Beyond The Horizon

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