Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson | |
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Born | Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. | March 27, 1962
Pen name | Gabriel Mesta, K.J. Anderson |
Occupation | Author |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, horror |
Spouse | |
Website | |
wordfire |
Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American
Anderson has published over 140 books, over 50 of which have been on US and international bestseller lists, and he has more than 23 million books in print worldwide.
Anderson is working as a professor at
Early and personal life
Kevin J. Anderson was born March 27, 1962, in Racine, Wisconsin, and grew up in Oregon, Wisconsin.[3] According to Anderson, The War of the Worlds greatly influenced him. At the age of eight, he wrote his first story, titled "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.[4]
For 12 years Anderson worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he met fellow writers Rebecca Moesta and Doug Beason. Anderson later married Moesta and frequently coauthors novels with both her and Beason.[4]
Writing
Anderson's first novel, Resurrection, Inc., was published in 1988 and nominated for a
In 1997, Anderson and
In 2002, Anderson released the
Between 2002 and 2008, Anderson published a seven-novel original
WordFire Press
In 2011, Anderson and Moesta founded their own publishing imprint, WordFire Press, to reissue some of their
In 2013, WordFire acquired the reprint rights to the works of
WordFire released four previously unpublished novels by Frank Herbert, who died in 1986:
Awards, records and nominations
- Resurrection, Inc. (1988): Nominated for Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
- Assemblers of Infinity with Doug Beason (1993): Nebula and Locus Award nominee
- Blindfold (1995): Preliminary Nebula Award nominee (1996)
- Ground Zero (1995): No. 1 on The Sunday Times best seller list and voted "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1995" by readers of SFX
- Ruins (1996): New York Times Best Seller list (first The X-Files novel to make the list) and voted the "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1996"
- Young Jedi Knights series (1995–98): New York Times Best Sellers, winner of 1999 Golden Duck Award (middle grades) for excellence in science fiction
- Guinness World Record for "Largest Single Author Signing" (previously set by General Colin Powell and Howard Stern)
- The Dark Between the Stars (2014): Nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel.[30]
Works
Anderson has published over 120 books, over 50 of which have been on US and international bestseller lists, and he has more than 23 million books in print worldwide.[6][10]
References
- ^ "Kevin J. Anderson". Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ "Life, the Universe, & Everything 34: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy" (PDF). LTUE Press. February 1, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ A Conversation With Kevin J. Anderson Part 1 of 3 Archived September 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ^ a b "Kevin J. Anderson Bios". WordFire.com (Anderson's website). Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ "1988 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "ConDFW XIII 2014: Kevin J. Anderson Profile". ConDFW.org. March 7, 2013. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Nebula Nominees List". Locus. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1994 Locus Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ Goldstein, Rich (March 26, 2014). "Is the New 'Star Wars' Trilogy the Story of the Solo Twins and Darth Caedus?". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Kevin J. Anderson: Panelist/Author". FantasyCon. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ Schwab, Mike, ed. (December 1995). "Out of the Maw: volume 1, issue #2". TheForce.net. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
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(help) - ^ Knight, Chris (May 9, 2001). "In The Beginning... Star Wars Comes To A Wired World". TheForce.net. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ Quinn, Judy (November 17, 1997). "Bantam Pays $3M for Dune Prequels by Herbert's Son". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Sisterhood of Dune". Publishers Weekly. November 14, 2011. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (September 24, 2006). "Across the Universe: Dune Babies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- SciFi.com. November 12, 2002. Archived from the originalon November 15, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "LXG Novelization Update". IGN. March 11, 2003. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1". Publishers Weekly. July 1, 2002. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Dark Between the Stars: The Saga of Shadows, Book 1". Publishers Weekly. April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ The Huffington Post. Archivedfrom the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Simon, Phil (January 6, 2014). "Thinking Big: Rush's Clockwork Angels Concept Album to Be Graphic Novel". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c Simon, Phil (May 28, 2014). "Classic Politics: The Works of Allen Drury Now Back in Print". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ a b Karl, Jonathan (May 23, 2014). "Book Review: Allen Drury". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction (1948-present)". Pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ "11th Annual BookFinder.com Report: Out-of-print and in demand". BookFinder.com. 2013. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Kevin J. (March 16, 2012). "New, never-published Frank Herbert novel now available: HIGH-OPP". KJAblog.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Kevin J. (May 22, 2013). "New, Previously Unpublished Frank Herbert Novel, ANGELS' FALL". KJAblog.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Kevin J. (July 9, 2013). "A GAME OF AUTHORS — another lost Frank Herbert novel". KJAblog.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Kevin J. (February 1, 2015). "More New Frank Herbert Work". KJAblog.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Hugo Awards". TheHugoAwards.org. April 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 9, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
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