Editing Kevin J. Anderson (section)

==Career==
[[File:Kevin_J_Anderson_at_Book_Signing_Toronto_Aug_18_2009.jpg|right|thumb|Anderson at Toronto book signing, August 2009]]
Anderson's first novel, ''Resurrection, Inc.'', was published in 1988 and nominated for a [[Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel]].<ref name="Bram Stoker">{{cite web |url=http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1988 |title=1988 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners |publisher=[[Horror Writers Association]] |access-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083150/http://horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1988 |url-status=live }}</ref> His 1993 collaboration with Beason, ''[[Assemblers of Infinity]]'', was nominated for both a [[Nebula Award|Nebula]] and [[Locus Award]].<ref name="CONDFW 2014">{{cite web|title=ConDFW XIII 2014: Kevin J. Anderson Profile|url=http://www.condfw.org/kevin-j-anderson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127041434/http://www.condfw.org/kevin-j-anderson|publisher=ConDFW.org |archive-date=November 27, 2013|date=March 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Nebula 1994">{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: Nebula Nominees List |work=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |access-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424095142/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Locus 1994">{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1994.html#nvls |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1994 Locus Awards |work=Locus |access-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021022340/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1994.html#nvls |url-status=live }}</ref> Anderson wrote ''[[The X-Files]]'' novels ''Ground Zero'' (1995), ''Ruins'' (1996) and ''Antibodies'' (1997). ''Ground Zero'' reached #1 on the ''[[London Sunday Times]]'' Best Seller List and ''Ruins'' made the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]]. Contracted to write novels in the [[Star Wars expanded universe|''Star Wars'' expanded universe]], Anderson published the [[Jedi Academy trilogy|''Jedi Academy'' trilogy]] in 1994, followed by the 1996 novel ''[[Darksaber (novel)|Darksaber]]''. He and Moesta also wrote the 14-volume ''[[Young Jedi Knights]]'' series from 1995 to 1998.<ref name="CONDFW 2014"/><ref name="Beast">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/26/is-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-the-story-of-the-solo-twins-and-darth-caedus.html |title=Is the New 'Star Wars' Trilogy the Story of the Solo Twins and Darth Caedus? |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |first=Rich |last=Goldstein |date=March 26, 2014 |access-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-date=February 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222072230/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/26/is-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-the-story-of-the-solo-twins-and-darth-caedus.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FantasyCon">{{cite web |title=Kevin J. Anderson: Panelist/Author |url=http://www.fantasycon.com/kevin-j.-anderson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221235426/http://www.fantasycon.com/kevin-j.-anderson.html |publisher=FantasyCon |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref> As a noted ''Star Wars'' novelist, Anderson was a participant in the FidoNet ''Star Wars'' Echo, a 1990s [[bulletin board system]] forum cited as one of the earliest influential forms of ''Star Wars'' on-line [[fandom]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/editorials/OutOfTheMaw2.txt |title=Out of the Maw: volume 1, issue #2 |editor-first=Mike |editor-last=Schwab |date=December 1995 |publisher=TheForce.net |access-date=February 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105015143/http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/editorials/OutOfTheMaw2.txt |archive-date=January 5, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In The Beginning... ''Star Wars'' Comes To A Wired World |first=Chris |last=Knight |date=May 9, 2001 |access-date=February 22, 2015 |publisher=TheForce.net |url=http://theforce.net./jedicouncil/editorials/050901.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102052139/http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/editorials/050901.shtml |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref>

In 1997, Anderson and [[Brian Herbert]] signed a $3 million deal with [[Bantam Books]] to coauthor a [[prequel]] [[trilogy]] to the 1965 novel ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' and its [[Dune (franchise)|five sequels]] (1969–1985) by Herbert's deceased father, [[Frank Herbert]].<ref name="PW Dune 1997">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19971117/35200-pw-bantam-pays-3m-for-dune-prequels-by-herbert-s-son.html |title=Bantam Pays $3M for ''Dune'' Prequels by Herbert's Son |date=November 17, 1997 |first=Judy |last=Quinn |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=February 6, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090058/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19971117/35200-pw-bantam-pays-3m-for-dune-prequels-by-herbert-s-son.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting with 1999's ''[[Dune: House Atreides]]'', the ongoing [[Dune prequel series|''Dune'' prequel series]] has expanded to ten novels to date. In 2011 ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' called the series "a sprawling edifice that Frank Herbert's son and Anderson have built on the foundation of the original ''Dune'' novels."<ref name="PW 2011-11">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2273-9 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''Sisterhood of Dune'' |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=November 21, 2013 |date=November 14, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013819/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2273-9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Anderson and Brian Herbert have also published ''[[Hunters of Dune]]'' (2006) and ''[[Sandworms of Dune]]'' (2007), [[sequel]]s to Frank Herbert's final novel ''[[Chapterhouse: Dune]]'' (1985) which complete the chronological progression of his original series and wrap up storylines that began with his ''[[Heretics of Dune]]'' (1984).<ref name="NYT 2006">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/books/review/Itzkoff.t.html|title=Across the Universe: ''Dune'' Babies|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=September 24, 2006|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024031606/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/books/review/Itzkoff.t.html|archive-date=October 24, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2014, Anderson and Herbert also released their [[Hellhole trilogy|''Hellhole'' trilogy]] of novels unrelated to ''Dune''.<ref name="FantasyCon"/>

In 2002, Anderson released the [[steampunk]]/[[adventure novel]] ''[[Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius]]'' and was subsequently asked to write ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' (2003), a [[novelization]] of the [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|film of the same name]].<ref name="SFW">{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=24144 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115042459/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=24144 |title=SciFi Wire: Anderson Joins ''League'' |archive-date=November 15, 2007 |publisher=[[SciFi.com]] |date=November 12, 2002 |access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name="IGN">{{cite web |title=''LXG'' Novelization Update |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/388/388719p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218231625/http://movies.ign.com/articles/388/388719p1.html |website=[[IGN]] |date=March 11, 2003 |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> The following year he also wrote the novelization for the 2004 film ''[[Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow]]''. In 2005, Anderson co-wrote, along with [[Dean Koontz]], the first book in the Frankenstein series called ''[[Frankenstein, Prodigal Son]]''.

Between 2002 and 2008, Anderson published a seven-novel original [[space opera]] series called ''[[The Saga of Seven Suns]]''.<ref name="CONDFW 2014"/><ref name="FantasyCon"/><ref name="PW Hidden Empire">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-446-52862-7 |title=Fiction Book Review: Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1 |date=July 1, 2002 |access-date=November 21, 2013 |work=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000959/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-446-52862-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014 he began publishing a sequel trilogy called ''[[The Saga of Shadows]]''.<ref name="FantasyCon"/><ref name="PW Dark Stars">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-3299-8 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''The Dark Between the Stars'': The Saga of Shadows, Book 1 |date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |work=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017194810/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-3299-8 |url-status=live }}</ref> Anderson published four novels and two short stories in his ''[[Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.]]'' series between 2012 and 2014.<ref name="FantasyCon"/><ref name="HP Zombie">{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/zombie-detectives-and-the_b_3607008.html |title=Zombie Detectives and the Changing Face of Publishing |first=Phil |last=Simon |author-link=Phil Simon |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=July 16, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115024048/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/zombie-detectives-and-the_b_3607008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, Anderson coauthored a novelization of ''[[Clockwork Angels]]'', an album by the Canadian rock band [[Rush (band)|Rush]], with Rush's drummer, [[Neil Peart]]. Anderson and Peart reunited in 2015 for a sequel, ''Clockwork Lives''.<ref name="HP Zombie"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/thinking-big-rushs-clockw_b_4547981.html |title=Thinking Big: Rush's ''Clockwork Angels'' Concept Album to Be Graphic Novel |first=Phil |last=Simon |work=The Huffington Post |date=January 6, 2014 |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218213134/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/thinking-big-rushs-clockw_b_4547981.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===WordFire Press===
{{anchor|WordFire Press}}
[[File:Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta-Comic Con 2004.JPG|right|thumb|Anderson with his wife [[Rebecca Moesta]] in 2004 at Comic Con]]
In 2011, Anderson and Moesta founded their own publishing imprint, WordFire Press, to reissue some of their [[out-of-print book]]s in paperback and/or [[e-book]] formats. They have subsequently published and reprinted works in various genres, including several out-of-print or previously unpublished novels by Frank Herbert.<ref name="FantasyCon"/><ref name="HP Zombie"/>

In 2013, WordFire acquired the reprint rights to the works of [[Allen Drury]], including his 1959 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[political fiction|political novel]] ''[[Advise and Consent]]''.<ref name="HP Zombie"/><ref name="HP Classic">{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/classic-politics-the-work_b_5403779.html |title=Classic Politics: The Works of Allen Drury Now Back in Print |first=Phil |last=Simon |work=The Huffington Post |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114081714/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/classic-politics-the-work_b_5403779.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WSJ A+C">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304677904579533703686397052 |title=Book Review: Allen Drury |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |first=Jonathan |last=Karl |author-link=Jonathan Karl |date=May 23, 2014 |access-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121083828/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304677904579533703686397052 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pulitzer">{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction (1948-present) |publisher=Pulitzer.org |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=May 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530070948/http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |url-status=live }}</ref> That novel, out of print for nearly 15 years, ranked #27 on the 2013 [[BookFinder.com]] list of the Top 100 Most Searched for Out of Print Books before WordFire reissued it in February 2014.<ref name="HP Classic"/><ref name="Bookbinder 100 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.bookfinder.com/books/bookfinder_report/BookFinder_Report_2013.mhtml |title=11th Annual BookFinder.com Report: Out-of-print and in demand |publisher=[[BookFinder.com]] |date=2013 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606053433/http://www.bookfinder.com/books/bookfinder_report/BookFinder_Report_2013.mhtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The company also reprinted ''Advise and Consent''{{'s}} five [[sequel]]s — ''[[A Shade of Difference]]'' (1962), ''[[Capable of Honor]]'' (1966), ''[[Preserve and Protect]]'' (1968), ''[[Come Nineveh, Come Tyre]]'' (1973), and ''[[The Promise of Joy]]'' (1975) — as well as Drury's later novels ''[[Mark Coffin, U.S.S.]]'' (1979) and ''[[Decision (novel)|Decision]]'' (1983).<ref name="HP Zombie"/><ref name="HP Classic"/><ref name="WSJ A+C"/>

WordFire released four previously unpublished novels by Frank Herbert, who died in 1986: ''[[High-Opp]]'' (2012), ''[[Angels' Fall]]'' (2013), ''[[A Game of Authors]]'' (2013), and ''[[A Thorn in the Bush]]'' (2014). Anderson announced these in his [[blog]].<ref name="KJA High-Opp 2012-03">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/new-never-published-frank-herbert-novel-now-available-high-opp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113235948/http://kjablog.com/new-never-published-frank-herbert-novel-now-available-high-opp/ |title=New, never-published Frank Herbert novel now available: ''HIGH-OPP'' |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |author-link=Kevin J. Anderson |date=March 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="KJA Angels 2013-05">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/new-previously-unpublished-frank-herbert-novel-angels-fall/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916190202/http://kjablog.com/new-previously-unpublished-frank-herbert-novel-angels-fall/ |title=New, Previously Unpublished Frank Herbert Novel, ''ANGELS' FALL'' |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=May 22, 2013 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="KJA Authors 2013-05">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/a-game-of-authors-another-lost-frank-herbert-novel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916190628/http://kjablog.com/a-game-of-authors-another-lost-frank-herbert-novel/ |title=''A GAME OF AUTHORS'' — another lost Frank Herbert novel |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=July 9, 2013 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="KJA Thorn 2015-02">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/more-new-frank-herbert-work/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210122126/http://kjablog.com/more-new-frank-herbert-work/ |title=More New Frank Herbert Work |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=February 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> WordFire also reissued several of Herbert's unavailable titles: ''[[Destination: Void]]'' (1966), ''[[The Heaven Makers]]'' (1968), ''[[Soul Catcher (novel)|Soul Catcher]]'' (1972), ''[[The Godmakers (novel)|The Godmakers]]'' (1972), and ''[[Direct Descent]]'' (1980) — as well as ''[[Man of Two Worlds (novel)|Man of Two Worlds]]'' (1986), an out-of-print novel cowritten by Herbert and his son Brian.<ref name="HP Zombie"/> WordFire also possesses non-US/Canadian e-book rights to some of Anderson's own collaborations with Brian Herbert, the ''[[Prelude to Dune]]'' trilogy (1999–2001), as well as Anderson's ''[[Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.]]'' series of novels.<ref name="HP Zombie"/>