Brian Herbert

Brian Herbert
250px Brian Herbert at a book signing in 2008
Born	(1947-06-29) June 29, 1947 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	Dune series
Spouse	Jan Herbert
Relatives	Frank Herbert (father, deceased), Bruce Calvin Herbert (brother, deceased)
Website
www.brianherbertnovels.com

Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of science fiction author Frank Herbert.

Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna Sudanna. In 2003, Herbert wrote a biography of his father: Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. The younger Herbert has edited The Songs of Muad'dib and the Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune. Brian has also created a concordance for the Dune universe based on his father's notes, though, according to the younger Herbert, there are no immediate plans to publish it.

Career

Herbert is known for his collaborations with author Kevin J. Anderson, with whom he has written multiple prequels to his father's landmark 1965 science fiction novel, Dune, all of which have made the New York Times Best Seller list. The duo began with the trilogies Prelude to Dune (1999–2001) and Legends of Dune (2002–2004). Brian and Anderson next published Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007), two sequels to Frank Herbert's original Dune series which was left incomplete after his 1986 death. These novels are based on an outline and notes left behind by Frank Herbert for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series. In 2008, Brian and Anderson began publishing Heroes of Dune, a series of four novels which take place between the novels of Frank Herbert's original series.

Personal life

Married since 1967, Herbert and his wife, Jan Herbert, have three daughters named Julie, Kim, and Margaux Beverly (named after Herbert's mother, Beverly Ann Stuart-Herbert). Herbert also has an elder half-sister, Penny; their younger brother, LGBT rights activist and photographer Bruce Calvin Herbert, died in 1993.

Works

Individual

• Classic Comebacks (1981)
• Incredible Insurance Claims (1982)
• Sidney's Comet (1983)
• The Garbage Chronicles (1985)
• Man of Two Worlds (1986) (with Frank Herbert)
• Sudanna, Sudanna (1986)
• Prisoners of Arionn (1987)
• The Race for God (1990)
• Memorymakers (1991) (with Marie Landis)
• Blood on the Sun (1996) (with Marie Landis)
• The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma (2014)

Timeweb series

• Timeweb (2006)
• The Web and the Stars (2007)
• Webdancers (2008)

Non-fiction

• Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (2003)
• The Forgotten Heroes: The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine (2004) ISBN 0-7653-0706-5

Dune books

(all with Kevin J. Anderson)

Prelude to Dune trilogy

• Dune: House Atreides (1999)
• Dune: House Harkonnen (2000)
• Dune: House Corrino (2001)

Legends of Dune trilogy

• Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
• Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003)
• Dune: The Battle of Corrin (2004)

Collection

(also with Frank Herbert)

• The Road to Dune (2005)

Dune 7

• Hunters of Dune (2006)
• Sandworms of Dune (2007)

Heroes of Dune

• Paul of Dune (2008)
• The Winds of Dune (2009)
• The Throne of Dune (TBD) (Originally titled Irulan of Dune)
• Leto of Dune (TBD) (Title may have changed to Golden Path of Dune)

Great Schools of Dune

• Sisterhood of Dune (2012)
• Mentats of Dune (2014)
• Navigators of Dune (2016)

Dune short stories

• "Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas"
• "Dune: Hunting Harkonnens"
• "Dune: Whipping Mek"
• "Dune: The Faces of a Martyr"
• "Dune: Sea Child"
• "Dune: Treasure in the Sand"

Hellhole series

with Kevin J. Anderson

• Hellhole (2011)
• Hellhole Awakening (2013)
• Hellhole Inferno (2014)

External links

• Brian Herbert at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson on YouTube, Authors@Google video talk. October 7, 2008
• Brian Herbert Interview with AMCtv.com