Scott Ciencin

Scott Ciencin
Born(1962-09-01)September 1, 1962
DiedAugust 5, 2014(2014-08-05) (aged 51)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's, fantasy, horror

Malcolm Scott Ciencin (September 1, 1962[1] – August 5, 2014) was an American author of adult and children's fiction. He co-authored several books with his wife Denise Ciencin. He was a New York Times bestselling author who wrote works in a variety of mediums including comic books.

Career

Among his works are novels written for the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game campaign settings.[2] He also wrote books for the Dinotopia series.[3] was a New York Times bestselling novelist of 90+ books from Simon & Schuster, Random House, Scholastic, Harper and many more.[4] He had also written comic books, screenplays, and worked on video games.[4] He created programs for Scholastic Books, designed trading cards, consulted on video games, directed and produced audio programs & TV commercials, and wrote in the medical field about neurosurgery and neurology. He first worked in TV production as a writer, producer and director.

Personal life

Ciencin lived in Sarasota, Florida with his wife (and sometimes co-author) Denise. He died in August 2014 of a blood clot to the brain.[4][5]

Bibliography

Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. Ciencin shared the pseudonym with Troy Denning, who wrote part 3 of the Avatar Series "Waterdeep," and James Lowder who edited the trilogy and wrote parts of "Tantras."

  • Shadowdale,[3] (1989) ISBN 978-0-7869-3105-7
  • Tantras,[3] (1989) ISBN 978-0-7869-3108-8

Robert Silverberg's Time Tours

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

The Wolves of Autumn

The Vampire Odyssey

The Nightmare Club

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

WildC.A.T.S, Covert Action Teams

The Elven Ways

The Lurker Files

Godzilla

Dinoverse

Jurassic Park Adventures

Ciencin's Jurassic Park stories are original novels based on the Jurassic Park films rather than directly on Michael Crichton's work.

Buffyverse

Transformers

Kim Possible: Pick a Villain

Standalone novels

Comic books and other works

Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include

Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami

References

  1. ^ "Malcolm Scott Ciencin - View Obituary & Service Information".
  2. ^ Buker, Derek M. (2002). The science fiction and fantasy readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to cyborgs, aliens, and sorcerers. ALA Editions. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0-8389-0831-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Scott Ciencin". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "About Scott Ciencin". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  5. ^ Jacob Ogles (July 29, 2014). "Scott Ciencin, author and film festival promoter, dies". SRQ Backlot. Retrieved August 9, 2014.