įor 12 years Anderson worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he met fellow writers Rebecca Moesta and Doug Beason. In his senior year, he sold his first story for money for $12.50. When it was accepted, they paid him in copies of the magazine.

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. At ten, he bought a typewriter and has written ever since. At the age of eight, he wrote his first story, titled 'Injection'. According to Anderson, The War of the Worlds greatly influenced him.

Anderson was born March 27, 1962, in Racine, Wisconsin, and grew up in Oregon, Wisconsin. In 2021, Anderson was inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame along with Stephen King and James Michener. Anderson has been a Literary Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium, on at least three occasions: 2016, 20. Some of Anderson's superhero novels include Enemies & Allies, about the first meeting of Batman and Superman, and The Last Days of Krypton, telling the story of how Superman's planet Krypton came to be destroyed.Īnderson has published over 140 books, over 50 of which have been on US and international bestseller lists, and he has more than 23 million books in print worldwide.Īnderson is working as a Professor at Western Colorado University. He has also written several comic books, including the Dark Horse Star Wars series Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Dark Horse Predator titles, and The X-Files titles for Topps. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award–nominated Assemblers of Infinity. and The X-Files, and with Brian Herbert is the co-author of the Dune prequel series. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E.

Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author.

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