Keith R. A. DeCandido

Keith R. A. DeCandido
DeCandido at the BOOM! Studios booth at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010.
Born	April 18, 1969 (1969-04-18) (age 42) New York, United States
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1994 - present
Genres	Science fiction, fantasy
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Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido (born April 18, 1969 in New York, United States) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and musician, who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video games, including numerous media tie-in books for properties such as Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Andromeda and Farscape, and for comic book work on characters such as Spider-Man and X-Men.

Early life and education

(From left to right:) David Alan Mack, Will Sliney and DeCandido at a signing at Forbidden Planet in Manhattan, April 22, 2010.

DeCandido was born in the Bronx in New York City, the son of Robert L. DeCandido and GraceAnne A. DeCandido. He claims to have been a Star Trek fan even before his birth, as his parents were fans of Star Trek: The Original Series.

In his college years at Fordham University, DeCandido worked as an editor and writer of one of the college newspapers, called simply the paper. After graduation, he has worked as editor at several publishing companies. Along with John Drew, in the 1990s he co-produced a public-access television cable TV show in Manhattan about science fiction called The Chronic Rift, which he also co-hosted. (The podcast of the same name is a revival of the show, with many of the same people involved in the production, including DeCandido and Drew.)^[1]

Career

While DeCandido spent much of his career writing Star Trek fiction, he has written tie-ins for other popular sci-fi and fantasy series as well, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Andromeda and Farscape, as well as comic books (Spider-Man, X-Men), role-playing games (Dungeons & Dragons), and video games (World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Command & Conquer). He has also edited various anthologies, including OtherWere, Urban Nightmares, Imaginings, the Doctor Who collection Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership, and the Star Trek anthologies New Frontier: No Limits, Tales of the Dominion War, and Tales from the Captain's Table.

In 2010, DeCandido was named Grandmaster by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.^[2]

He currently writes the twice-weekly Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch on Tor.com.^[3]

Bibliography

Star Trek novels

• The Next Generation: Diplomatic Implausibility (2001), ISBN 0-671-78554-0
• Deep Space Nine: Demons of Air and Darkness (2001), ISBN 0-7434-1852-2
• The Brave and the Bold (2002), ISBN 0-7434-1922-7 (Book 1), ISBN 0-7434-1923-5 (Book 2)
• The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible (2003), ISBN 0-7434-6405-2
• I.K.S. Gorkon: A Good Day to Die (2003), ISBN 0-7434-5714-5
• I.K.S. Gorkon: Honor Bound (2003), ISBN 0-7434-5716-1
• The Next Generation: A Time for War, A Time for Peace (2004), ISBN 0-7434-9179-3
• Ferenginar: Satisfaction Is Not Guaranteed in Worlds of Deep Space Nine Volume 3 (2005), ISBN 0-7434-8353-7
• I.K.S. Gorkon: Enemy Territory (2005), ISBN 1-4165-0014-6
• Articles of the Federation (2005), ISBN 1-4165-0015-4
• Voyager: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent in Mirror Universe: Obsidian Alliances (2007), ISBN 0-7434-9253-6
• The Next Generation: Q&A (2007), ISBN 1-4165-2741-9 (nominee, Best Speculative Fiction Novel, Scribe Awards)
• Klingon Empire: A Burning House (2008), ISBN 1-4165-5647-8
• A Gutted World in Myriad Universes: Echoes and Refractions (2008), ISBN 1-4165-7181-7
• A Singular Destiny (2009), ISBN 1-4165-9495-7 (nominee, Best Speculative Fiction Novel, Scribe Awards)

Star Trek novellas, short stories, and comic books

• The Next Generation: Perchance to Dream (four-issue comic book miniseries, art by Peter Pachoumis and Lucian Rizzo, with Scott Benefiel, February–May 2000) -- collected in Enemy Unseen (2001), ISBN 1-56389-765-2, alongside "The Killing Shadows" and "Embrace the Wolf"
• "Horn and Ivory" in What Lay Beyond (2002), ISBN 0-7434-5683-1
• "Broken Oaths" in Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change (2003), ISBN 0-7434-7073-7
• "Revelations" in New Frontier: No Limits (2003), ISBN 0-7434-7707-3
• "The Ceremony of Innocence Is Drowned" in Tales of the Dominion War (2004), ISBN 0-7434-9171-8
• "loDnIpu' vavpu' je" ("Brothers and Fathers") in Tales from the Captain's Table (2005), ISBN 1-4165-0520-2
• "Letting Go" in Voyager: Distant Shores (2005), ISBN 0-7434-9253-6
• "Four Lights" in The Next Generation: The Sky's the Limit (2007), ISBN 0-7434-9255-2
• "Family Matters" in Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows (2009), ISBN 1-4165-5850-0
• Alien Spotlight II: Klingons: Four Thousand Throats... (comic book, art by JK Woodward, 2009; winner, Best Single Issue of a Comic Book, TrekMovie.com)
• "The Unhappy Ones" in Seven Deadly Sins (2010)
• Captain's Log: Jellico (comic book, art by JK Woodward, 2010)

Star Trek eBooks

• S.C.E. (Starfleet Corps of Engineers) series (2000–2006)
  • Fatal Error (2000)
  • Cold Fusion (2001)
  • Invincible Books 1-2 (w/David Mack, 2001)
  • Gateways Epilogue: Here There Be Monsters (2001)
  • War Stories Books 1-2 (2002)
  • Breakdowns (2003)
  • Security (2005)
  • What's Past Book 6: Many Splendors (2006)
• The Next Generation: Slings and Arrows Book 6: Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment (2008)

Other novels

• Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath (written with Jose R. Nieto, 1998), ISBN 0-425-16574-4
• Young Hercules: Cheiron's Warriors (1999), ISBN 0-671-03552-5
• Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance (1999), ISBN 0-671-03554-1
• Farscape: House of Cards (2001), ISBN 0-8125-6162-7
• Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions (2003), ISBN 0-7653-4407-6
• Dragon Precinct (2004), ISBN 0-7434-6770-1, a high fantasy police procedural story and DeCandido's first original novel
• Spider-Man: Down These Mean Streets (2005), ISBN 1-4165-0968-2
• World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred (2006), ISBN 0-7434-7136-9
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Blackout (2006), ISBN 1-4169-1917-1
• StarCraft Ghost: Nova (2006), ISBN 0-7434-7134-2
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Deathless (2007), ISBN 1-4169-3630-0 (nominee, Best YA Novel, Scribe Awards)
• Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (2007), ISBN 0-345-49814-3
• Supernatural: Nevermore (2007), ISBN 0-06-137090-8
• CSI: NY: Four Walls (2008), ISBN 1-4165-1343-4
• Supernatural: Bone Key (2008), ISBN 0-06-143503-1
• Mack Bolan, Executioner: Code of Honor (under Don Pendleton's name, 2009), ISBN 0-373-64373-X
• Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon (2010) ISBN 1-84856-600-X
• Mack Bolan, Executioner: Deep Recon (under Don Pendleton's name, 2010)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Under a Crimson Sun (2011), ISBN 978-0-7869-5797-2
• Unicorn Precinct (2011), sequel to Dragon Precinct
• Super City Police Department: The Case of the Claw (2011)
• The Scattered Earth: Guilt in Innocence (forthcoming in 2011)
• Goblin Precinct (forthcoming in 2012), sequel to Unicorn Precinct
• Super City Police Department: Avenging Amethyst (forthcoming in 2012)
• The Scattered Earth: Innocence in Guilt (forthcoming in 2012)

Novelizations

• Gargantua (1998), ISBN 0-8125-7098-7 (as K. Robert Andreassi)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Xander Years Volume 1 (1999), ISBN 0-671-02629-1
• Darkness Falls (2003), ISBN 0-7434-6632-2
• Resident Evil: Genesis (2004), ISBN 0-7434-9291-9
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), ISBN 0-7434-9349-4
• Serenity (2005), ISBN 1-4165-0755-8
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), ISBN 1-4165-4498-4

Other comic books

• Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning (cowritten with Rockne S. O'Bannon, art by Tommy Patterson, four-issue miniseries, December 2008-April 2009)
• Farscape: Strange Detractors (cowritten with O'Bannon, art by Will Sliney, four-issue miniseries, April–July 2009)
• Farscape: D'Argo's Lament (art by Neil Edwards, four-issue miniseries, April–July 2009)
• Farscape: Gone and Back (cowritten with O'Bannon, art by Patterson, July–October 2009)
• Farscape: D'Argo's Trial (art by Caleb Cleveland, August–November 2009)
• Farscape (monthly series, cowritten with O'Bannon, art by Sliney, November 2009–October 2011)
• Farscape: D'Argo's Quest (art by Cleveland, December 2009-March 2010)
• StarCraft: Ghost Academy Volume 1 (manga, art by Fernando Furukawa, 2010)
• Cars: Adventures of Tow Mater #1-4 (art by Travis Hill, four-issue story arc, August–November 2010)

Short stories

• "An Evening in the Bronx with Venom" in The Ultimate Spider-Man (1994), ISBN 1-57297-103-7, with John Gregory Betancourt
• "Improper Procedure" in The Ultimate Silver Surfer (1995), ISBN 1-57297-299-8
• "God Sins" in Magic: The Gathering: Distant Planes (1995), ISBN 0-06-105765-7
• "UNITed We Fall" in Doctor Who: Decalog 3: Consequences (1996), ISBN 0-426-20478-6
• "Arms and the Man" in Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1997), ISBN 1-57297-294-7
• "How You Can Prevent Forest Fires" in Urban Nightmares (1997), ISBN 0-671-87851-4
• "A Bone to Pick" in Did You Say Chicks?! (1997), ISBN 0-671-87867-0, with Marina Frants
• "Playing It SAFE" in The Ultimate Hulk (1998), ISBN 0-425-16513-2
• "Diary of a False Man" in X-Men: Legends (2000), ISBN 0-425-17082-9
• "Raymond's Room" in Doctor Who: Missing Pieces (2001)
• "Recurring Character" in The Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess (2001), ISBN 0-441-00852-6
• "Getting the Chair" in Murder by Magic (2004), ISBN 0-446-67962-3, set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Editorial Interference" in Circles in the Hair (2006)
• "Crime of Passion" in Hear Them Roar (2006), ISBN 0-9773040-1-9, set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Sunday in the Park with Spot" in Furry Fantastic (2006), ISBN 0-7564-0381-2
• "House Arrest" in Bad-Ass Faeries (2007), set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Life from Lifelessness" in Doctor Who: Short Trips: Destination Prague (2007)
• "A Clean Getaway" in Pandora's Closet (2007), set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Meiyo" on the Battlecorps.com web site (2008)
• "Three Sides to Every Story" in BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction (2009)
• "Fire in the Hole" in Dragon's Lure (2010), set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Letter from Guadalajara" in More Tales of Zorro (2011)
• "Under the King's Bridge" in Liar Liar: Short Stories from Members of the Liars Club (2011)
• "Ragnarok and Roll" in Tales from the House Band (forthcoming in 2011)

References

1. ^ The Chronic Rift
2. ^ The Fourth Annual Scribe Awards (2010), International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, accessed July 15, 2011.
3. ^ Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch - Series, accessed September 12, 2011.

External links

• Official homepage
• Author's LiveJournal
• Keith R.A. DeCandido at the Comic Book DB
• Interview World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred/StarCraft Ghost: Nova pocketbooks
• Interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido, SpaceWesterns.com, 2007
• The Chronic Rift's Homepage
• Keith R. A. DeCandido at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Name	Decandido, Keith R. A.
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Date of birth	April 18, 1969
Place of birth	New York, United States
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