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Kevin J Anderson

The harder I work, the luckier I get!

About Me


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I'm Kevin J Anderson, a hardworking, prolific, bestselling author. I love writing. I also keep a Dune-related blog on dunenovels.com. For more about me, see www.wordfire.com and www.dunenovels.com .

I write my own original work and often collaborate with other authors, such as Brian Herbert, Rebecca Moesta (my wife), Dean Koontz, Greg Benford, and Doug Beason, to name a few.

I've also written novels and/or comics for Dune, Star Wars, X-Files, JSA, Titan A.E., StarCraft, Star Trek, and many others.

FOR ASPIRING WRITERS: I am inundated with new writers sending me their novel manuscripts and requesting critiques, or writers asking for a "blurb" quote for their book. Much as I would like to help out, I simply don't have the time to read them. Check out my blog entries, and you'll see many of my other obligations and deadlines.It's nothing personal. Please don't ask me to read a manuscript or offer comments. I have to focus on my own writing or, in a spare moment or two, SLEEP.myspace graphics & layouts
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My Interests

Writing, hiking, writing, movies, writing, health, writing, etc.

I'd like to meet:

People who like to read my books and any potential readers out there! Check out my books at your public library or buy them at a local bookstore. Share them with your friends (no, not by posting my books online -- let them borrow a copy. It's a great way to get them hooked!). I'd love to see you at one of my signings.

Note: If you send me an email here on MySpace, I probably won't be able to answer. If I did, I'd have a hard time meeting all my novel deadlines. Even so I'll try to address questions that come up frequently.

Music:

Rush, Evanescence, Tool, Dream Theater, Kamelot, Karnivool, A Perfect Circle, Metallica, Lacuna Coil, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Audioslave, Chevelle, Brian Tyler, Styx, Kansas, Meat Loaf, Boston, Rob Zombie, Powerman 5000, Pink Floyd, a whole lot of progressive rock.

Movies:

Die Hard, Usual Suspects, Get Shorty, Aliens, Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan, Empire Strikes Back, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Crash, The Illusionist,

Television:

Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, Big Love, Lost, Desperate Housewives, 30 Days, Damages, Sleeper Cell, Studio 60, Smallville, 24, Monk, Psych, Nip/Tuck, Dead Zone, 4400, Real Time with Bill Maher, Bones, Sopranos, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, X-Files, Farscape, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Six Feet Under, West Wing, and the Star Treks, of course.

Books:

Dune, The Godfather, Lonesome Dove, Gorky Park, as well as books by Frank Herbert, Tony Hillerman, Jack McDevitt, Neil Peart, Robin Hobb, Peter F Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, George RR Martin, Dean Koontz, Alan Moore -- and Ray Bradbury was a great inspiration to me.

My Blog

SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR THE PAPERBACK OF LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON

HarperCollins will be issuing the paperback of THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON with a special "lenticular" cover -- fine prismatic etching that gives the whole book an amazing 3-D look, as if the Superman "S...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:03:00 PST

MAJOR UK DEALS FOR HELLHOLE AND NEW DUNE

Brian and I are pleased to announce a new British deal for our original SF epic, the Hellhole trilogy. The publisher will be Simon & Schuster UK, who has done such an incredible job making my "Saga o...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:30:00 PST

FREE HARDCOVER BOOKS

The third volume of the "Crystal Doors" trilogy, SKY REALM, has just been released. Hoping to get new readers hooked on the series, Rebecca and I have worked with the publisher -- Little, Brown -- to...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:37:00 PST

THE "20 MOST ADDICTIVE SERIES"

Audible.com has just published their list of the "20 Most Addictive Series" in all genres. Their Top Twenty includes my "Saga of Seven Suns" as well as all of the "Dune Chronicles" -- I'm the only au...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:42:00 PST

Stephen Youll cover art

Stephen Youll has painted the covers for many of my books, from my original novel BLINDFOLD, to my three STAR WARS anthologies -- TALES FROM THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA, TALES FROM JABBA'S PALACE, and TALE...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:33:00 PST

AUDIOBOOKS

Most of my fans know that I have long been a fan of audiuobooks, both as a listener and as adaptations of my own work. My books have been available in unabridged (and some abridged) formats from Book...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:05:00 PST

A DUNE ANIVERSARY -- May 5

Eleven years ago, May 5, 1997, was the first time I met Brian Herbert.After speaking with him several times on the phone to discuss the possibility of new DUNE projects, Rebecca and I flew up to Seatt...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:37:00 PST

LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

I will be appearing this Sunday with Rebecca at the LA Times Festival of Books, "one of the largest and most celebrated literary events in the country." The Book Festival features over 400 authors on...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST

NEW SF SERIES -- HELLHOLE

In a separate deal from the new Dune books mentioned in the previous blog, Brian and I have sold an original science fiction epic, HELLHOLE, to Tor Books. After writing ten massive DUNE novels toget...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:36:00 PST

THREE MORE DUNE NOVELS -- JESSICA, IRULAN, AND LETO

Brian Herbert and I are pleased to announce a new deal with Tor Books for three more Dune novels to follow PAUL OF DUNE. These novels -- JESSICA OF DUNE, IRULAN OF DUNE, and LETO OF DUNE -- will also...
Posted by Kevin J Anderson on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:52:00 PST