2012 Scribe nominees announced

I’m between events at Timegate — where I’ll be signing and speaking at panels here in Atlanta tomorrow and Sunday — but on my break I was pleased to hear that Star Wars: Knight Errant had been nominated for a Scribe Award by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. 

Here’s the press release:

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (www.iamtw.org)
co-founders Lee Goldberg & Max Allan Collins are pleased to
announce the 2012 nominees for the Scribe Award, honoring excellence in
media tie-in writing, and the naming of author Kevin J. Anderson as this
year’s Grandmaster for his lifetime achievement in the field.


Anderson
is the author of more than one hundred novels, adding up to over 20
million books in print in thirty languages. His work includes 
the
STAR WARS “Jedi Academy” books, three internationally bestselling
X-FILES hardcovers, the Superman novels THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON and
ENEMIES & ALLIES, many novelizations (SKY CAPTAIN & THE WORLD OF
TOMORROW, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, etc.) and, of course, the
ten globally bestselling DUNE novels he has co-authored with Brian
Herbert. 


He
has won or been nominated for numerous prestigious honors, including
the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and a New York Times Notable
Book prize…and now he can add IAMTW Grandmaster to the list of his
extraordinary achievements. 

The awards will be given at a ceremony in July at this year’s Comic-Con convention in San Diego.


GRANDMASTER: KEVIN J. ANDERSON


GENERAL FICTION / BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL:
ROYAL PAINS: FIRST DO NO HARM by D.P. Lyle
MIKE HAMMER: KISS HER GOODBYE by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane
BURN NOTICE: THE BAD BEAT by Tod Goldberg

SPECULATIVE FICTION/BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL
STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT by John Jackson Miller
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS – FORGOTTEN REALMS: BRIMSTONE ANGELS by Erin M. Evans 
SUPERNATURAL: COYOTE’S KISS by Christa Faust
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: THE SHARD AXE by Marshiela Rockwell
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM by A.C. Crispin

BEST ADAPTATION GENERAL OR SPECULATIVE
CONAN THE BARBARIAN by Michael Stackpole
CRYSIS LEGION by Peter Watts
TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON by Peter David
COWBOYS & ALIENS by Joan D. Vinge 

BEST YOUNG ADULT
ME & MY MONSTERS: MONSTER MANNERS by Rory Growler (Ian Pike)
THE SMURFS movie tie-in by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
THUNDERBIRDS: EXTREME HAZARD by Joan Marie Verba

BEST AUDIO
MIKE HAMMER: ENCORE FOR MURDER by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane
DARK SHADOWS: THE LOST GIRL by D. Lynn Smith
HIGHLANDER: ALL THE KINGS HORSES by Scott Andrews
DOCTOR WHO: THE MANY DEATHS OF JO GRANT by Cavan Scott & Mark Wright
Gratifying — and flattering to be in this company. My congratulations to all the nominees!

The Knight Errant story continues in two weeks in Knight Errant Escape #1 at your local comics shop!