The author of over 165 books that have been published in thirty languages, Kevin J. Anderson has contributed to the X-Files, Star Wars and Dune canons among others. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shamus, Hugo, and Nebula Awards, and won the SFX Readers' Choice, Scribe and New York Times Notable Book award. Kevin has a physics/astronomy degree and a Master of Fine Arts, and has climbed all fifty-four peaks over 14,000 ft in Colorado. www.wordfire.com