Editing Peter David (section)

===Novels===
David's career as a novelist developed concurrently with his comic-book writing career. David had been working at a publisher that went out of business, and a former coworker from that publisher became his agent, through whom he sold his first novel, ''[[Knight Life]]'', to [[Ace Books]].<ref name=Q&A2/> Although the sale was made before he wrote any comic books, the novel was not published until eighteen months later, in 1987.<ref name=Trades/> The novel depicts the reappearance of [[King Arthur]] in modern-day New York City. Another early novel of his, ''Howling Mad'', is about a wolf that turns into a human being after being bitten by a [[werewolf]]. Ace Books hired David to write the ''[[Photon (TV show)|Photon]]'' and ''[[Psi-Man]]'' novels, though they published them under the "house name" David Peters, over David's objections.<ref>David, Peter. "Informing the Misinformed"; "But I Digress..."; ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1477; March 8, 2002</ref> David updated ''Knight Life'' years later when [[Penguin Putnam]] brought it back into print in 2003, and made it a trilogy with the sequels ''[[One Knight Only]]'' and ''[[Fall of Knight]]'', which were published in 2004 and 2007, respectively.<ref name=BIDCollection101/> Penguin rereleased ''Howling Mad'' and the ''Psi-Man books'' under David's actual name.

David first began writing ''Star Trek'' novels at the request of [[Pocket Books]] editor Dave Stern, who was a fan of David's ''Star Trek'' comic book work.<ref name=BIDCollection101/><ref>{{cite web |date=2008-08-05 |last1=Brownfield |first1=Troy |author1-link= |title=Peter David: The Novel's the Thing |website=Newsarama.com |url-status=dead |url=http://www.newsarama.com/film/080805-PADNovels.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511184133/http://www.newsarama.com/film/080805-PADNovels.html |archive-date=2011-05-11 }}</ref> His ''Star Trek'' novels are among those for which he is best known, including ''[[Q-in-Law]]''; ''[[I, Q]]''; ''[[Vendetta (Star Trek)|Vendetta]]''; ''[[Q-Squared]]''; and ''[[Imzadi]]'', one of the best-selling Star Trek novels of all time. He created the ongoing novel series, ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]],'' a spin-off from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]],'' with [[John J. Ordover]] in 1997. ''New Frontier'' continued until September 2015, with the publication of the third part of the digital novel, ''The Returned'', the final ''New Frontier'' novel to date. David's other science fiction tie-in novels include writing five ''[[Babylon 5]]'' novels, three of which were originals, and two of which were adaptations of the TV movies ''[[Babylon 5: Thirdspace|Thirdspace]]'' and ''[[Babylon 5: In the Beginning|In the Beginning]]''.

His other novel adaptations include those of the movies ''[[The Return of Swamp Thing]]'', ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'', ''[[Batman Forever]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'', ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'', ''[[Hulk (film)|Hulk]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[Fantastic Four (2005 film)|Fantastic Four]]'', and ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]''. He wrote an original Hulk novel, ''The Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Lyons |first=Dean |date=November 15, 2015|url=https://www.screengeek.net/2015/11/15/if-no-solo-film-for-the-incredible-hulk-when-can-we-see-his-buddies/|title=If No Solo Film For The Incredible Hulk – When Can We See His Buddies?|publisher=ScreenGeek.net|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505021613/https://www.screengeek.net/2015/11/15/if-no-solo-film-for-the-incredible-hulk-when-can-we-see-his-buddies/}}</ref> and an adaptation of an unused ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'' television script, "Body and Soul".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodreads.com |title=Body and Soul (Alien Nation #3) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766308.Body_and_Soul?from_search=true&qid=QJW28irbch&rank=1 |website=Goodreads.com |access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref>

David's 2009 novel ''Tigerheart'' is a re-imagining of [[Peter Pan]] with a mix of new and old characters, told as a Victorian bedtime story, much like the classic tale. It was praised by [[Ain't It Cool News]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39684#4|title= AICN Comics Reviews: Peter David's ''Tigerheart''! Kevin Smith's ''Batman''! Ed Brubaker's ''Incognito''! & Much More!!!|publisher=Ain't it Cool News|date=January 7, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120918055803/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39684|archive-date= September 18, 2012|url-status= live}}</ref> and honored by the ''[[School Library Journal]]'' as one of 2008's Best Adult Books for High School Students.<ref>[http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/ca6617202.html Francisca Goldsmith. "SLJ Presents the Best Adult Books for High School Students 2008"], ''[[School Library Journal]]''; January 1, 2008</ref> His ''Sir Apropos of Nothing'' fantasy trilogy, ''Sir Apropos of Nothing'', ''The Woad to Wuin'' and ''Tong Lashing'', features characters and settings completely of David's own creation, as does his 2007 fantasy novel, ''Darkness of the Light'', which is the first in a new trilogy of novels titled ''The Hidden Earth''. The second installment, ''The Highness of the Low'', was scheduled to be published in September 2009,<ref name=Bibliography/> but David has related on his blog that it has been delayed until the winter of 2012.<ref name=Q&A7/>

David's 2010 novel work includes ''[[Year of the Black Rainbow]]'', a novel cowritten with musician [[Claudio Sanchez]] of the band [[Coheed and Cambria]], that was released with the band's album of the same name,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.coheedandcambria.com/us/news/year-black-rainbow |title=Coheed and Cambria: The Year of the Black Rainbow Announcement |access-date=December 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215181346/http://www.coheedandcambria.com/us/news/year-black-rainbow |archive-date=December 15, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and a ''[[Fable (video game series)|Fable]]'' original novel ''[[Fable: The Balverine Order|The Balverine Order]]'', set between the events of ''[[Fable II]]'' and ''[[Fable III]]''.<ref name=TronFable/> In April 2011, David announced that, in addition to another ''Fable'' novel, he and a number of other writers, including [[Glenn Hauman]], [[Michael Jan Friedman|Mike Friedman]] and [[Bob Greenberger]], were assembling an electronic publishing endeavor called Crazy Eight Press to publish e-books directly to fans, the first of which would be David's Arthurian story, ''The Camelot Papers''. David explained that the second book in his "Hidden Earth" trilogy would be published through Crazy Eight.<ref name=BlindMansBluff/><ref>David, Peter (August 2011). "Facing the Future". "But I Digress". ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1680. p. 58</ref> In September 2013, David acknowledged that books published through Crazy Eight are not as lucrative for him as those for publishers that pay him advances, and announced that his then-impending novel, ''ARTFUL: Being the Heretofore Secret History of that Unique Individual, The Artful Dodger, Hunter of Vampyres (Amongst Other Things.)'', would be published by [[Amazon.com]].<ref>David, Peter (September 11, 2013) [http://www.crazy8press.com/2013/09/11/my-next-novel-is-for-amazon-books/ "My Next Novel is for Amazon Books"]. Crazy 8 Press.</ref>