Anderson has published more than 165 books, 56 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written more than a hundred novels, several of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists. Anderson was born march 27, 1962, and raised in small town oregon, wisconsin, south of madison an environment that was a cross between a ray. At ten, he bought a typewriter and has written ever since. Anderson has 541 books on goodreads with 751855 ratings. According to anderson, the war of the worlds greatly influenced him. During the writing of his early star wars novels, he. He has over 23 million books in print worldwide in thirty. Andersons books in order of when they were originally released. According to him the environment was a cross between a ray bradbury short story and a norman rockwell panting.
He has written more than forty national bestsellers and has been nominated for the nebula, bram stoker, and sfx readers. Anderson is the coauthor with brian herbert of the new york times bestselling novels which expand upon frank herberts dune universe. He also cowrote the young jedi knights series with his wife, rebecca moesta. Anderson has 541 books on goodreads with 751938 ratings. Andersons bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Anderson is the author of more than 140 books, 56 of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists. Andersons most popular book is jedi search star wars.
Well, my twitter handle is the word the and then my initials kja. Anderson bsv publishing dogged persistence golden gryphon press, 2001 santa claus is coming to get you. Anderson books when you shop the largest online selection at. Anderson has 537 books on goodreads with 748959 ratings. Anderson, youll find one of them and our publishing house is wordfire press. Anderson i was one of the first sw writers, so we had the movies and some gaming reference guides. Anderson is the author of more than 140 books, fiftysix of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists. Copies of his books number over twenty million and appear in thirty languagesamong them the bestselling prequels to dune, cowritten with frank herberts son brian.
It also introduced characters such as kyp durron and admiral daala. Avatar dreams with mike resnick wordfire press, 2017. Both his xfiles novels, ground zero and ruins, were new york times bestsellers. Anderson was born march 27, 1962, and raised in small town oregon, wisconsin, south of madison an environment that was a cross between a ray bradbury short story and a norman rockwell painting. Buy a cheap copy of hunters of dune book by kevin j. It made me bloody mad to see him writing star wars books. Brian herbert frank herberts son and coauthor kevin j. He has over 23 million books in print, and his writing has been translated into more than thirty languages. Anderson s books in order of when they were originally released. Get updates on new projects and appearances and receive a free dan shamble, zombie pi ebook, working stiff. His 140 novels have 23 million copies in print in thirty languages. Anderson has published more than 140 books, 56 of which have been national or international bestsellers.
Anderson have continued the series, keeping the original authors vision alive and bringing the saga to millions of new readers. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Yes, i have a lot of books, and if this is your first visit to my amazon author page, it can be a little overwhelming. Lukes just not a kid anymore and his character should be more mature. From childhood kevin has been raised in oregon wisconsin which is a small town south of madison. Kevin j anderson is the author of books in the dune series, star wars, superman, xfiles, and more. He has written spinoff novels for star wars, starcraft, titan a. Anderson was born march 27, 1962, and raised in the small town of oregon, wisconsin.
Anderson is the author of the internationally bestselling and awardwinning dune prequels coauthored with brian herbert and has carved an indisputable niche for himself with science fiction epics, including his own successful the saga of seven suns series and the last days of krypton. From small towns to entire universes wordfire press, 2015 anthologies edited by kevin j. He has been nominated for the nebula, hugo, shamus, bram stoker, and new york times notable book. Ive got a couple of facebook pages so if you look up kevin j. His works have been translated into over 22 languages including german, japanese, spanish, chinese, korean and hebrew. After halleys comet was destroyed in a magical battle in 1759, the backlash separated the entire new world from the old in an event known as the sundering. Holiday tales of the macabre and twisted 2011, shock totem publications, 2011. And now we have resurrected daala who will essentially repeat her previous failures to no effect. Anderson s navigators of dune is the climactic finale of the great schools of dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before frank herberts classic dune the story line tells the origins of the bene gesserit sisterhood and its breeding program, the humancomputer mentats, and the navigators the spacing guild, as well as a crucial battle for the future of the human race.
Hunters of dune and the concluding volume, sandworms of dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in frank herberts classic dune universe. He has won or been nominated for the nebula award, hugo award, bram stoker award, and many others. Anderson was born in 1962 in racine, wisconsin, and spent his childhood in a little town south of madison. He has over twentythree million copies in print in thirty languages. He has over 23 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages.
The rise and fall of a cursed town in rural wisconsin, tuckers grove, where legends and nightmares lurk in the shadows, a place where the dead dont necess. Hij is vooral bekend van zijn spinoffromans hij heeft spinoffs voor star wars, starcraft, titan a. Anderson is a science fiction author with over 50 bestselling books. He is the author of the illustrated star wars universe and the highly popular jedi academy trilogy of novels. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. He wrote his first work of fiction on his fathers typewriter at age 8, and by 10 had saved enough money for a typewriter of his own. Yes, i have a lot of books, and if this is your first visit to my amazon author page, it can be. Brian herbert is an american novelist and son of author frank herbert. Anderson has written more than 125 books, including 52 national or international bestsellers. Andersons mentats of dune, the thinking machines have been defeated but the struggle for humanitys future continues. Kevin is married to fellow author and frequent collaborator, rebecca moesta. He wrote his first story at eight years old entitled injection.
Anderson on multiple prequels in his dune series as well as a few sequels based on an outline and notes left by his father. Jedi search, dark apprentice and champions of the force. Macmillan audio released an unabridged cd on august 12, 2004, narrated by scott brick. Anderson has published more than 165 books, 56 of which have been national or international bestsellers he has written numerous novels in the star wars, xfiles, and dune universes, as well as unique steampunk fantasy novels clockwork angels and clockwork lives, written with legendary rock drummer neil peart, based on the concept album by the. I had a lot of freedom, but later authors had more outlinesmore i was one of the first sw writers, so we had the movies and some gaming reference guides. Dec 05, 2001 i think kevin j anderson is a bad writer. I belive that jedi academy trilogy was the worst set of crap ever. Anderson was born march 27, 1962 in racine, wisconsin, and grew up in oregon, wisconsin. Make offer star wars the jedi academy trilogy books 3 book lot set kevin j. He has written numerous novels in the star wars, xfiles, and dune universes, as well as steampunk fantasy novels clockwork angels and clockwork lives, written with legendary rock drummer neil peart, based on the concept album by the band rush. Dune is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, and frank herbert left a lasting legacy to fans and family alike.
Following his fathers death in 1986, brian collaborated with kevin j. Gilbertus albans has founded the mentat school, a place where humans can learn the efficient techniques of thinking machines. Anderson have written another original story, the faces of a martyr which fills the time gap between the machine crusade and the battle of corrin. Kevin j anderson was born in a place called racine in wisconsin. Anderson has more than 160 published books, 56 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written numerous novels in the star wars, xfiles, and dune universes, as well as unique steampunk fantasy novels clockwork angels and clockwork lives, written with legendary rock drummer neil peart, based on the concept album by the band rush. He wrote his first novel of three pages when he was 8, and sold his first story as a senior in high school. Anderson has 537 books on goodreads with 751068 ratings. Kevin james anderson is a prolific sciencefiction author and the author of the jedi academy trilogy of books, which told the story of luke skywalkers attempts to begin training jedi on yavin 4. His work has won or been nominated for numerous major awards. Dec 25, 2017 this feature is not available right now. Anderson gave us the jedi academy which i like to much.
Anderson made his debut as a published author in 1988 with the novel resurrection, inc. Million dollar productivity wordfire press, 2014 million dollar professionalism with rebecca moesta wordfire press, 2014 worldbuilding. Kevin james anderson born march 27, 1962 is an american science fiction author. Hes at the top of the field in the book publishing world. Andersons novels have appeared on national bestseller lists. Anderson is the author of the internationally bestselling and award winning dune prequels coauthored with brian herbert and has carved an.