I’ve worked with many editors in my career; almost all of them I have met in person. The best one that I never met, Margaret Clark, passed away this past weekend, according to our mutual colleague Dayton Ward, who got the sad news from her sister. She had edited for many years the Star Trek line of novels at Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books/Pocket Books, including all eight of my novels …
Let’s do it again! As announced today by ComicBook.com, on October 28, 2025, Random House Worlds releases my new novel Batman: Revolution, my second direct original prose sequel to Warner Bros. Pictures’ 1989 film, Batman! We’ve seen Gotham City at Christmas — now get a load of the Fourth of July! While Batman continues his war on the underworld, Gotham City also has an underground that’s just as active — …
There are dream projects, and then there are projects you never dreamt were possible. This is the latter! As announced today by IO9, on October 15, 2024, Random House Worlds releases my new novel Batman: Resurrection, a direct original prose sequel to Warner Bros. Pictures’ 1989 film, Batman! Whereas the DC Batman ’89 comics are set after the Tim Burton films, I chose to place Batman: Resurrection in between Batman (1989) …
“Be mindful of the Living Force, young padawan.” — Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace I’m delighted to announce my return to the Star Wars novel shelf with Star Wars: The Living Force, releasing April 9, 2024 in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook! The announcement today at IO9 can be found here, with more quotes by me. Releasing in time for the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the novel …
My schedule didn’t allow me to be at San Diego this week, but I am informed that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country received the 2023 Scribe Award for Best Tie-In Novel — Speculative Fiction from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. I was clearly NOT expecting this, as it’s my third in a row in this category, after the previous Trek novels Die Standing and …
Well, I’m floored. I just heard from fellow nominee (and 2022’s recipient of the Faust Grandmaster Award) David Mack that my Star Trek: Picard – Rogue Elements received the Scribe Award for Best Tie-In Novel – Speculative from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers this afternoon at Comic-Con International San Diego. It’s my third in the category following Star Wars: Kenobi in 2014 and last year’s Star Trek: Discovery …
Captain Christopher Pike on a horse — need I say more? Okay, probably — but I’m limited to what I can say now. And that’s what we just announced at Star Trek: Mission Chicago, that my newest novel is also the first novel in the Strange New Worlds line for Star Trek, supporting the Paramount+ series which begins streaming soon. The High Country is a doozy of an adventure, releasing …
I’m honored to be able to share that STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – DIE STANDING has received the 2021 Scribe Award for Best Original Novel – Speculative from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. It’s my second one in this category — following in 2014 — and I’m especially thankful because Die Standing came out during the pandemic, and I’ve been looking forward to the chance to introduce more people …
I don’t know if the solicitation copy release and cover appearing on TrekCentral today was planned or not — but I guess the cat’s out of the bag. My latest novel is a hardcover, is the longest novel I’ve ever written — and is loads of fun! Star Trek: Picard – Rogue Elements releases in August, and follows Santiago Cabrera‘s freighter captain Cristóbal Rios on an odyssey set years before …
The final story for my Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith series has been harder to find in recent years, as the Spiral miniseries — read my notes about the story here — has been out of print since the end of 2014. But it’s returning in May from Marvel as part of Star Wars: Legends Epic Collection — The Old Republic Vol. 4! Here’s the solicitation copy: The …