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{{Short description|American science fiction author (born 1962)}}
{{Other people||Kevin Anderson (disambiguation){{!}}Kevin Anderson}}
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'''Kevin James Anderson''' (born March 27, 1962) is an American [[science fiction]] author. He has written spin-off novels for ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[StarCraft]]'', ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' and ''[[The X-Files literature#Novels|The X-Files]]'', and with [[Brian Herbert]] is the co-author of the [[Dune prequel series|''Dune'' prequel series]]. His original works include the ''[[Saga of Seven Suns]]'' series and the [[Nebula Award]]–nominated ''[[Assemblers of Infinity]]''. He has also written several comic books, including the [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] ''Star Wars'' series ''[[Tales of the Jedi (comics)|Tales of the Jedi]]'' written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Dark Horse ''[[Predator (alien)|Predator]]'' titles, and ''The X-Files'' titles for [[Topps]]. 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 (comics)|Krypton]] came to be destroyed.

Anderson 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.

Anderson is working as a professor at [[Western Colorado University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://western.edu/people/kevin-j-anderson-mfa/ | title=Kevin J. Anderson | access-date=June 20, 2022 | archive-date=March 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302084050/https://western.edu/people/kevin-j-anderson-mfa/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Anderson has been a Literary Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the [[Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium)|Life, the Universe, & Everything]] professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium, on at least three occasions: 2016, 2006 and 1993.<ref name="LTUE program #34">{{cite web |title=Life, the Universe, & Everything 34: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=http://ltue.info/progbookpdfs/LTUEProgramBook2016.pdf |publisher=LTUE Press |date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913233552/http://ltue.info/progbookpdfs/LTUEProgramBook2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Anderson was inducted into the [[Colorado Authors Hall of Fame]] along with [[Stephen King]] and [[James Michener]].

==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"/>

==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"/>

==Awards, records and nominations==
* ''Resurrection, Inc.'' (1988): Nominated for [[Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel]]
* ''[[Assemblers of Infinity]]'' with [[Doug Beason]] (1993): [[Nebula Award|Nebula]] and [[Locus Award]] nominee
* ''Blindfold'' (1995): Preliminary [[Nebula Award]] nominee (1996)
* ''Ground Zero'' (1995): No. 1 on ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' best seller list and voted "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1995" by readers of ''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]''
* ''Ruins'' (1996): [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] (first ''[[The X-Files]]'' novel to make the list) and voted the "Best Science Fiction Novel of 1996"
* ''[[Young Jedi Knights]]'' series (1995–98): ''New York Times'' Best Sellers, winner of 1999 [[Golden Duck Award]] (middle grades) for excellence in science fiction
* [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for "Largest Single Author Signing" (previously set by General [[Colin Powell]] and [[Howard Stern]])
* ''[[The Dark Between the Stars]]'' (2014): Nominated for a [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]].<ref name="Hugo 2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/ |title=2015 Hugo Awards |publisher=TheHugoAwards.org |date=April 4, 2015 |access-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509050008/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Works==
{{Main|Kevin J. Anderson bibliography}}
Anderson has published over 120 books, over 50 of which have been on US and international bestseller lists, and he has more than 23 million books in print worldwide.<ref name="CONDFW 2014"/><ref name="FantasyCon"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://kjablog.com Kevin J. Anderson's blog]

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