Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American
science fiction author with over 50 bestsellers. He has written spin-off novels for
Star Wars,
StarCraft,
Titan A.E. and
The X-Files, and with
Brian Herbert is the co-author of the
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 Star Wars collection
Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Dark Horse
Predator titles, and
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 came to be destroyed.