Kevin J Anderson
(Kevin James Anderson)
(1962 - )Husband of Rebecca Moesta
aka Kem Antilles, Gabriel Mesta
Kevin J. Anderson has written more than 125 books, including 52 national or international bestsellers. He has over 23 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, Shamus Award, and Silver Falchion Award, and has won the SFX Readers' Choice Award, Golden Duck Award, Scribe Award, and New York Times Notable Book; in 2012 at San Diego Comic Con he received the Faust Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement.
He has written numerous bestselling and critically acclaimed novels in the Dune universe with Brian Herbert, as well as Star Wars and X-Files novels. In his original work, he is best known for his Saga of Seven Suns series, the Terra Incognita trilogy, the Dan Shamble, Zombie PI series, and Clockwork Angels: The Novel with Neil Peart.
Series
Gamearth Trilogy
1. Gamearth (1989)
2. Gameplay (1989)
3. Game's End (1990)
Gamearth Trilogy (omnibus) (2011)
1. Gamearth (1989)
2. Gameplay (1989)
3. Game's End (1990)
Gamearth Trilogy (omnibus) (2011)
Craig Kreident (with Doug Beason)
1. Virtual Destruction (1996)
2. Fallout (1997)
3. Lethal Exposure (1998)
1. Virtual Destruction (1996)
2. Fallout (1997)
3. Lethal Exposure (1998)
Prelude to Dune (with Brian Herbert)
1. House Atreides (1999)
2. House Harkonnen (2000)
3. House Corrino (2001)
1. House Atreides (1999)
2. House Harkonnen (2000)
3. House Corrino (2001)
Saga of Seven Suns
0.5. Veiled Alliances (2011)
1. Hidden Empire (2002)
2. A Forest of Stars (2003)
3. Horizon Storms (2004)
4. Scattered Suns (2005)
5. Of Fire and Night (2006)
6. Metal Swarm (2007)
7. The Ashes of Worlds (2008)
0.5. Veiled Alliances (2011)
1. Hidden Empire (2002)
2. A Forest of Stars (2003)
3. Horizon Storms (2004)
4. Scattered Suns (2005)
5. Of Fire and Night (2006)
6. Metal Swarm (2007)
7. The Ashes of Worlds (2008)
Legends of Dune (with Brian Herbert)
1. The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
2. The Machine Crusade (2002)
3. The Battle of Corrin (2004)
Legends of Dune Boxed Set (omnibus) (2006)
1. The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
2. The Machine Crusade (2002)
3. The Battle of Corrin (2004)
Legends of Dune Boxed Set (omnibus) (2006)
Dune Collections
The Road to Dune (2005) (with Brian Herbert and Frank Herbert)
Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition (2017) (with Brian Herbert)
Dune: Legends, Heroes, Schools (2017) (with Brian Herbert)
The Road to Dune (2005) (with Brian Herbert and Frank Herbert)
Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition (2017) (with Brian Herbert)
Dune: Legends, Heroes, Schools (2017) (with Brian Herbert)
Crystal Doors (with Rebecca Moesta)
1. Crystal Doors (2006)
aka Island Realm
2. Ocean Realm (2007)
3. Sky Realm (2008)
Crystal Doors Omnibus (omnibus) (2013)
1. Crystal Doors (2006)
aka Island Realm
2. Ocean Realm (2007)
3. Sky Realm (2008)
Crystal Doors Omnibus (omnibus) (2013)
Dune (with Brian Herbert)
continued from the original series by Frank Herbert
7. Hunters of Dune (2006)
8. Sandworms of Dune (2007)
continued from the original series by Frank Herbert
7. Hunters of Dune (2006)
8. Sandworms of Dune (2007)
Terra Incognita
1. The Edge of the World (2009)
2. The Map of All Things (2010)
3. The Key to Creation (2011)
Mythical Creatures (2011)
1. The Edge of the World (2009)
2. The Map of All Things (2010)
3. The Key to Creation (2011)
Mythical Creatures (2011)
Star Challengers (with Rebecca Moesta)
1. Moonbase Crisis (2010)
2. Space Station Crisis (2011)
3. Asteroid Crisis (2011)
Star Challengers Trilogy (2014)
1. Moonbase Crisis (2010)
2. Space Station Crisis (2011)
3. Asteroid Crisis (2011)
Star Challengers Trilogy (2014)
Hell Hole Trilogy (with Brian Herbert)
1. Hellhole (2011)
2. Hellhole Awakening (2013)
3. Hellhole Inferno (2014)
1. Hellhole (2011)
2. Hellhole Awakening (2013)
3. Hellhole Inferno (2014)
Dan Shamble, Zombie PI
1. Death Warmed Over (2012)
1.5. Stakeout at the Vampire Circus (2013)
2. Unnatural Acts (2012)
2.5. Road Kill (2013)
3. Hair Raising (2013)
3.5. Naughty and Nice (2013)
4. Slimy Underbelly (2014)
5. Working Stiff (2015)
Zomnibus (omnibus) (2017)
1. Death Warmed Over (2012)
1.5. Stakeout at the Vampire Circus (2013)
2. Unnatural Acts (2012)
2.5. Road Kill (2013)
3. Hair Raising (2013)
3.5. Naughty and Nice (2013)
4. Slimy Underbelly (2014)
5. Working Stiff (2015)
Zomnibus (omnibus) (2017)
Great Schools of Dune (with Brian Herbert)
1. The Sisterhood of Dune (2012)
2. Mentats of Dune (2014)
3. Navigators of Dune (2016)
1. The Sisterhood of Dune (2012)
2. Mentats of Dune (2014)
3. Navigators of Dune (2016)
Saga of Shadows
Whistling Past the Graveyard (2016)
0.5. Island in a Sea of Stars (2014)
1. The Dark Between the Stars (2014)
2. Blood of the Cosmos (2015)
3. Eternity's Mind (2015)
Whistling Past the Graveyard (2016)
0.5. Island in a Sea of Stars (2014)
1. The Dark Between the Stars (2014)
2. Blood of the Cosmos (2015)
3. Eternity's Mind (2015)
Novels
Resurrection, Inc. (1988)
Lifeline (1990) (with Doug Beason)
The Trinity Paradox (1991) (with Doug Beason)
Afterimage (1992) (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
Assemblers of Infinity (1993) (with Doug Beason)
Climbing Olympus (1994)
Ill Wind (1995) (with Doug Beason)
Blindfold (1995)
Ignition (1996) (with Doug Beason)
Ai! Pedrito! (1998) (with L Ron Hubbard)
Ai! Pedrito! When Intelligence Goes Wrong (1998)
Aftershock (1998) (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
The Outer Limits, Armageddon Dreams (2000)
Supernova (2000) (with Rebecca Moesta)
Fantastic Voyage : Microcosm (2001)
Captain Nemo (2002)
Hopscotch (2002)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Slan Hunter (2007) (with A E van Vogt)
The Last Days of Krypton (2007)
Enemies & Allies (2009)
Lifeline (1990) (with Doug Beason)
The Trinity Paradox (1991) (with Doug Beason)
Afterimage (1992) (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
Assemblers of Infinity (1993) (with Doug Beason)
Climbing Olympus (1994)
Ill Wind (1995) (with Doug Beason)
Blindfold (1995)
Ignition (1996) (with Doug Beason)
Ai! Pedrito! (1998) (with L Ron Hubbard)
Ai! Pedrito! When Intelligence Goes Wrong (1998)
Aftershock (1998) (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
The Outer Limits, Armageddon Dreams (2000)
Supernova (2000) (with Rebecca Moesta)
Fantastic Voyage : Microcosm (2001)
Captain Nemo (2002)
Hopscotch (2002)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Slan Hunter (2007) (with A E van Vogt)
The Last Days of Krypton (2007)
Enemies & Allies (2009)
Omnibus
Collections
Dogged Persistence (2001)
Artifact (2003) (with Janet Berliner, Matthew J Costello and F Paul Wilson)
Landscapes (2006)
Alternitech (2011)
Tucker's Grove (2011)
Magnetic Reflections (2011) (with Doug Beason)
Five by Five (2012) (with Aaron Allston, Loren L Coleman, B V Larson and Michael A Stackpole)
No Surrender (2013) (with Aaron Allston, William C Dietz, R M Meluch and Brad R Torgersen)
Fantasy For Good (2014) (with Piers Anthony, Neil Gaiman, Katharine Kerr, Jay Lake, George R R Martin, Michael Moorcock and Roger Zelazny)
Christmas Caring (2015) (with Lorena Dove, David Farland, Peggy L Henderson, Debra Holland, Caroline Lee, Kit Morgan, L L Muir, Kirsten Osbourne and Margery Scott)
Artifact (2003) (with Janet Berliner, Matthew J Costello and F Paul Wilson)
Landscapes (2006)
Alternitech (2011)
Tucker's Grove (2011)
Magnetic Reflections (2011) (with Doug Beason)
Five by Five (2012) (with Aaron Allston, Loren L Coleman, B V Larson and Michael A Stackpole)
No Surrender (2013) (with Aaron Allston, William C Dietz, R M Meluch and Brad R Torgersen)
Fantasy For Good (2014) (with Piers Anthony, Neil Gaiman, Katharine Kerr, Jay Lake, George R R Martin, Michael Moorcock and Roger Zelazny)
Christmas Caring (2015) (with Lorena Dove, David Farland, Peggy L Henderson, Debra Holland, Caroline Lee, Kit Morgan, L L Muir, Kirsten Osbourne and Margery Scott)
Chapbooks
Graphic Novels
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Novellas
Drumbeats (2010) (with Neil Peart)
Collaborators (2010) (with Rebecca Moesta)
Drilling Deep (2010)
Fondest of Memories (2010)
Frog Kiss (2010)
Job Qualifications (2010)
Prisons (2010) (with Doug Beason)
Redmond's Private Screening (2010)
Comrades in Arms (2014)
Dark Carbuncle (2015) (with Janis Ian)
Mammoth Dawn (2015) (with Gregory Benford)
Collaborators (2010) (with Rebecca Moesta)
Drilling Deep (2010)
Fondest of Memories (2010)
Frog Kiss (2010)
Job Qualifications (2010)
Prisons (2010) (with Doug Beason)
Redmond's Private Screening (2010)
Comrades in Arms (2014)
Dark Carbuncle (2015) (with Janis Ian)
Mammoth Dawn (2015) (with Gregory Benford)
Series contributed to
Star Wars : Jedi Academy
1. Jedi Search (1994)
2. Dark Apprentice (1994)
3. Champions of the Force (1994)
4. Leviathan (2000)
The Jedi Academy Omnibus (omnibus) (1997)
1. Jedi Search (1994)
2. Dark Apprentice (1994)
3. Champions of the Force (1994)
4. Leviathan (2000)
The Jedi Academy Omnibus (omnibus) (1997)
X-Files
3. Ground Zero (1995)
4. Ruins (1996)
5. Antibodies (1997)
Whirlwind / Ruins (omnibus) (2015) (with Charles L Grant)
Skin / Antibodies (omnibus) (2016) (with Ben Mezrich)
Goblins / Ground Zero (omnibus) (2016) (with Charles L Grant)
3. Ground Zero (1995)
4. Ruins (1996)
5. Antibodies (1997)
Whirlwind / Ruins (omnibus) (2015) (with Charles L Grant)
Skin / Antibodies (omnibus) (2016) (with Ben Mezrich)
Goblins / Ground Zero (omnibus) (2016) (with Charles L Grant)
Star Wars
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
Darksaber (1995)
The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995)
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995)
Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)
Essential Chronology (2000)
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
Darksaber (1995)
The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995)
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995)
Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)
Essential Chronology (2000)
Star Wars : Young Jedi Knights (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 (1998)
12. Return to Ord Mantell (1998)
13. Trouble on Cloud City (1998)
14. Crisis at Crystal Reef (1998)
Jedi Shadow (omnibus) (2003)
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 (1998)
12. Return to Ord Mantell (1998)
13. Trouble on Cloud City (1998)
14. Crisis at Crystal Reef (1998)
Jedi Shadow (omnibus) (2003)
Star Wars : Tales of the Jedi
The Golden Age of the Sith (1997)
The Fall of the Sith Empire (1998)
Redemption (2000)
The Golden Age of the Sith (1997)
The Fall of the Sith Empire (1998)
Redemption (2000)
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms (with Alan Dean Foster, Jay Lake, Mike Resnick, Mark Sehestedt, John Shirley and Lisa Smedman)
Untold Adventures (2011)
Untold Adventures (2011)
Stellar Guild
1. Tau Ceti (2011) (with Steven Savile)
Stellar Guild Box Set One (omnibus) (2017) (with Eric Flint, Charles E Gannon and Steven Savile)
1. Tau Ceti (2011) (with Steven Savile)
Stellar Guild Box Set One (omnibus) (2017) (with Eric Flint, Charles E Gannon and Steven Savile)
Heroes Reborn
6. A Long Way from Home (2015) (with Peter J Wacks)
Heroes Reborn: Collection Two (2016) (with Keith R A DeCandido, Duane Swierczynski and Peter J Wacks)
6. A Long Way from Home (2015) (with Peter J Wacks)
Heroes Reborn: Collection Two (2016) (with Keith R A DeCandido, Duane Swierczynski and Peter J Wacks)
Anthology series
Anthologies edited
War of the Worlds (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF (2012)
A Fantastic Holiday Season (2013) (with Keith J. Olexa)
A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories (Volume 2) (2014) (with Keith J. Olexa)
The Best of Penny Dread Tales (2014) (with Quincy J Allen)
Five by Five 3: Target Zone (2014)
2113 (2016) (with John McFetridge)
The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF (2012)
A Fantastic Holiday Season (2013) (with Keith J. Olexa)
A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories (Volume 2) (2014) (with Keith J. Olexa)
The Best of Penny Dread Tales (2014) (with Quincy J Allen)
Five by Five 3: Target Zone (2014)
2113 (2016) (with John McFetridge)
Non fiction
Million Dollar Productivity (2014)
Million Dollar Professionalism for the Writer (2014) (with Rebecca Moesta)
Worldbuilding (2015)
Million Dollar Professionalism for the Writer (2014) (with Rebecca Moesta)
Worldbuilding (2015)
Anthologies containing stories by Kevin J Anderson
Full Spectrum (1988)
New Destinies, Vol. VIII (1989)
Full Spectrum 3 (1991)
Full Spectrum 4 (1993)
The Ultimate Zombie (1993)
Shock Rock II (1994)
Peter S Beagle's Immortal Unicorn 2 (1995)
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
Nanodreams (1995)
Peter S Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (1995)
David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible (1995)
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995)
War of the Worlds (1996)
Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)
David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination (1996)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
The UFO Files (1998)
New Destinies, Vol. VIII (1989)
Full Spectrum 3 (1991)
Full Spectrum 4 (1993)
The Ultimate Zombie (1993)
Shock Rock II (1994)
Peter S Beagle's Immortal Unicorn 2 (1995)
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
Nanodreams (1995)
Peter S Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (1995)
David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible (1995)
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995)
War of the Worlds (1996)
Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996)
David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination (1996)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
The UFO Files (1998)
Short stories
| Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror (1988) (with Doug Beason) | |||
| Rest in Peace (1989) | |||
| Fondest of Memories (1991) | |||
| Much at Stake (1991) | |||
| Dogged Persistence [short story] (1992) | |||
| Bringing the Family (1993) | |||
| Human, Martian - One, Two, Three (1993) | |||
| Drumbeats (1994) (with Neil Peart) | |||
| A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale (1995) | |||
| Just Like Normal People (1995) | |||
| Sea Dreams (1995) (with Rebecca Moesta) | |||
| Swap Meet: The Jawa's Tale (1995) | |||
| Canals in the Sand (1996) | |||
| TechnoMagic (1996) | |||
| Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88 (1996) | |||
| Scientific Romance (1998) |
Awards
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Kevin J Anderson recommends
 The Spellstone of Shaltus (1980) Linda E Bushyager "An outstanding fantasy. Superb, marvelous, exciting, refreshing, brilliant." | Battlefield Earth (1982) L Ron Hubbard "'Battlefield Earth' is like a 12-hour 'Indiana Jones' marathon. Non-stop and fast-paced. Every chapter has a big bang-up adventure." |  Standard Candles (1996) Jack McDevitt "In both his novels and his short fiction, Jack McDevitt has shown a terrific range of skills and imagination and speculation. Only one thing remains the same from piece to piece to piece - they're all damn fine stories. " | |
 Children of the Dusk (1997) (Madagascar Manifesto, book 3) Janet Berliner "Children of the Dusk is a highly unusual and frightening depiction of a little-known aspect of the Holocaust." |  Fragments (1997) James F David "Literate, creepy, and full of secrets, written with a clean, precise prose as deceptively simple as an iceberg." |  Fortress on the Sun (1997) Paul Cook "Provocative. A chilling and intriguing puzzle ... an unexpected and original resolution - and a great climax!" | |
The Sum of All Men (1998) (Runelords, book 1) David Farland "With The Runelords, David Farland breaks new ground in fantasy fiction and wakes up anyone who thought they'd read everything the genre had to offer. Definitely a new name to watch in the field." | Strangewood (1999) Christopher Golden "If Clive Barker had gone Through the Looking Glass, he might have come up with something as imaginative and compelling as Strangewood." | Deathday (2001) (Sauron Duology, book 1) William C Dietz "Great reading for anyone who loved Independence Day or The War of the Worlds." | |
The Red Church (2002) (Sheriff Littlefield, book 1) Scott Nicholson "Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft and Manly Wade Wellman." | Dhampir (2003) (Noble Dead Saga 1, book 1) Barb Hendee and J C Hendee "...LORD OF THE RINGS and BUFFY... with a healthy dose of THE STING... " |  Matriarch (2006) (Wess'Har, book 4) Karen Traviss "Avid SF readers have a new 'must-read' series, and her legions of Star Wars fans are in for a treat." | |
Plague Year (2007) (Plague , book 1) Jeff Carlson "A grim and fascinating new twist on the post-holocaust story." |  Empyre (2007) Josh Conviser "Empyre is edgy, entertaining, and frightening. We can only hope the scary technology Conviser proposes is the purest fiction!" |  Lamentation (2009) (Psalms of Isaak, book 1) Ken Scholes "Ken Scholes's Lamentation is an iconic SF story cloaked in fantasy, drawing raw material from classics such as A Canticle for Liebowitz and Earth Abides, but forging something new, with colorful characters, compelling scenes, and unfolding miracles." | |
Servant of the Underworld (2010) (Obsidian and Blood Trilogy, book 1) Aliette de Bodard "An Aztec priest of the dead tries to solve a murder mystery, and finds that politics may be even more powerful than magic - a truly fresh fantasy novel." | Silver (2010) (Ogmios Team Adventure, book 1) Steven Savile "SILVER is a wild combination of Indiana Jones, The Da Vinci Code, and The Omen." | Shadow Prowler (2010) (Chronicles of Siala, book 1) Alexey Pehov "Shadow Prowler is a fresh, exuberant take on territory that will be familiar to all fans of classic high fantasy. Alexey Pehov introduces a cast of charming, quirky, unsavory, even loathsome characters in a fast-paced, entertaining adventure." | |
The Pharos Objective (2010) (Morpheus Initiative, book 1) David Sakmyster "THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE is Indiana Jones meets the X-Files -- an archaeologist adventurer with psychic powers of remote viewing who can see the past, ancient treasures, historical mysteries, action and adventure that crosses the world, and a damned good story." | The Desert of Souls (2011) (Dabir and Asim, book 1) Howard Andrew Jones "A grand and wonderful adventure filled with exotic magic and colorful places - like a cross between Sinbad and Indiana Jones." | Only Superhuman (2012) Christopher L Bennett "Only Superhuman is a heady comic-book fix for the discerning SF reader." | |
SEAL Team 666 (2012) (SEAL Team 666, book 1) Weston Ochse "SEAL Team 666 is like the X-Files written by Tom Clancy." | The Chaplain's War (2014) Brad R Torgersen "Brad R Torgersen writes the kind of hardcore SF with heart that readers have been looking for. It's as if Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein merged." | Trial of Intentions (2015) (Vault of Heaven, book 2) Peter Orullian "An ambitious story in the mold of Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind." | |
Spirit of the Ronin (2015) (Ronin Trilogy, book 3) Travis Heermann "Lovely details, an honorable character, and great action...a rich and entertaining story." | Altered America (2016) Cat Rambo "Cat Rambo is endlessly innovative, ingenious, and just plain entertaining. Read her stories." | Down to Dirt (2016) (Dirt and Stars, book 1) Kevin Killiany "YA hard science fiction with an attitude...I was immediately drawn into the story." | |
Witchy Eye (2017) (Witchy, book 1) D J Butler "WITCHY EYE is an intricate and imaginative alternate history with a cast of characters and quirky situations that would make a Dickens novel proud." |
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