Editing Kevin J. Anderson (section)

==Early and personal life==
Kevin J. Anderson was born March 27, 1962, in [[Racine, Wisconsin]], and grew up in [[Oregon, Wisconsin]].<ref>[https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/oct03/a-conversation-with-kevin-j-anderson-part-1-of-10031 A Conversation With Kevin J. Anderson Part 1 of 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920045710/https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/oct03/a-conversation-with-kevin-j-anderson-part-1-of-10031 |date=September 20, 2018 }} Retrieved 2018-09-19.</ref> 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.<ref name="WordFire Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.wordfire.com/?page_id=7 |title=Kevin J. Anderson Bios |publisher=WordFire.com (Anderson's website) |access-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030100557/http://www.wordfire.com/?page_id=7 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref name="WordFire Bio"/>