Keith DeCandido

Keith R. A. DeCandido
DeCandido at the New York Comic Convention in October 2010.
Born	(1969-04-18) April 18, 1969 New York City, United States
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1994–present
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Website
decandido.net

Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido (born April 18, 1969 in New York City, 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, Farscape, Leverage, Spider-Man, X-Men, Sleepy Hollow, and Stargate SG-1.

Early life

(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 (not the birder) and GraceAnne Andreassi 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.^[1]

While attending Fordham University, DeCandido worked as an editor and writer of one of the college newspapers, called simply the paper.^[2]

Career

After graduation, DeCandido 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.^[3] (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.)^[4]

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, Stargate SG-1, Sleepy Hollow, Farscape, and Leverage as well as comic books (Spider-Man, X-Men), movies (Cars, Serenity), role-playing games (Dungeons & Dragons), and video games (World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Command & Conquer). He has also written fiction in universes of his own creation, including that of the 2004 novel Dragon Precinct, a high-fantasy police procedural, and a series of short stories about Cassie Zukav, a scuba diving tour guide in Key West who learns she is a Dís. Other worlds of DeCandido's own creation include the Bram Gold Chronicles and the Super City Cops series. 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 2009, DeCandido was named Grandmaster by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.^[5]

He has completed a Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch,^[6] a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch,^[7] and a Stargate Seasonal Rewatch^[8] for Tor.com, and is now writing an Star Trek: The Original Series Rewatch^[9] and a Batman rewatch ^[10] for the same site.

Bibliography

Star Trek novels

• The Next Generation - Diplomatic Implausibility (2001), ISBN 0-671-78554-0
• Deep Space Nine - Gateways: 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
• 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, comic books, etc.

• 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 1-61377-131-2, alongside "The Killing Shadows" and "Embrace the Wolf"
• "Horn and Ivory" in Gateways: 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: Klingons: Four Thousand Throats... (comic book, art by JK Woodward, 2009; winner, Best Single Issue of a Comic Book, TrekMovie.com) -- collected in Alien Spotlight Volume 2 (2010), ISBN 1-60010-612-9, alongside Q, Romulans, Tribbles, and Cardassians.
• "The Unhappy Ones" in Seven Deadly Sins (2010)
• Captain's Log: Jellico (comic book, art by JK Woodward, 2010) -- collected in Captain's Log (2011), ISBN 1-60010-887-3, alongside Sulu, Pike, and Harriman.
• The Klingon Art of War (2014), ISBN 1-4767-5739-9

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)

Precinct novels

• Dragon Precinct (2004), ISBN 0-7434-6770-1, ISBN 978-1937051280, a high fantasy police procedural story and DeCandido's first original novel
• Unicorn Precinct (2011), ISBN 978-1937051150, sequel to Dragon Precinct
• Goblin Precinct (2012), ISBN 978-1837051410, sequel to Unicorn Precinct
• Gryphon Precinct (2013), ISBN 978-1-937-05167-9, sequel to Goblin Precinct
• Mermaid Precinct (forthcoming in 2017), sequel to Gryphon Precinct

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
• 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
• Super City Police Department: The Case of the Claw (2011)
• The Scattered Earth: Guilt in Innocence (2011)
• Leverage: The Zoo Job (2013), ISBN 978-0-425-25384-7 (nominee, Best General Original Novel, Scribe Awards)
• Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution (2014), ISBN 978-0553419009 (nominee, Best Speculative Original Novel, Scribe Awards)
• Stargate SG-1: Kali's Wrath (2016), ISBN 978-1905586752
• Marvel's Thor: Dueling with Giants (2015), Book 1 of the Tales of Asgard trilogy
• Marvel's Sif: Even Dragons Have Their Endings (forthcoming in 2016), Book 2 of the Tales of Asgard trilogy
• Marvel's Warriors Three: Godhood's End (forthcoming in 2016), Book 3 of the Tales of Asgard trilogy
• A Furnace Sealed (forthcoming in 2017), Book 1 of the Bram Gold Chronicles

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

Short story collections

• Tales from Dragon Precinct (2013), ISBN 1-9370-5143-9
• Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013), ISBN 0-9860-0856-7
• Without a License: The Fantastic Worlds of Keith R.A. DeCandido (2015), ISBN 978-1-937051-76-1

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)
• Kung Fu Panda: Tales of the Dragon Warrior #1 (art by Massimo Asaro, backup story, 2013)

Short fiction

• "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; reprinted in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet, 2013), 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; reprinted in Tales from Dragon Precinct, 2013), ISBN 0-446-67962-3, set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "A Vampire and a Vampire Hunter Walk Into a Bar" in Amazing Stories #608 (2005; reprinted in The Town Drunk, 2006; reprinted in Without a License, 2015)
• "Editorial Interference" in Circles in the Hair (2006; reprinted in Without a License, 2015)
• "Crime of Passion" in Hear Them Roar (2006; reprinted in Tales from Dragon Precinct, 2013), ISBN 0-9773040-1-9, set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Sunday in the Park with Spot" in Furry Fantastic (2006; reprinted in Without a License, 2015), ISBN 0-7564-0381-2
• "House Arrest" in Bad-Ass Faeries (2007; reprinted in Tales from Dragon Precinct, 2013), 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; reprinted in Tales from Dragon Precinct, 2013), 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; reprinted in Tales from Dragon Precinct, 2013), 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; reprinted in Without a License, 2015)
• "Ragnarok and Roll" in Tales from the House Band Volume 1 (2011; reprinted in Apocalypse 13, 2012, and in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet, 2013)
• -30-, part of the Viral series (2012; reprinted in Without a License, 2015), with Steven Savile
• "The Ballad of Big Charlie" in V-Wars (2012; reprinted in Without a License, 2015)
• "When the Magick Goes Away," released to Kickstarter supporters only (2012; reprinted in Tales from Dragon Precinct, 2013)
• "I Believe I'm Sinkin' Down" in Tales from the House Band Volume 2 (2012; reprinted in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet, 2013)
• "The Stone of the First High Pontiff" in Defending the Future: Best-Laid Plans (2013; reprinted in Without a License, 2015)
• "Catch and Release" in Tales from Dragon Precinct (2013)
• "Brotherly Love" in Tales from Dragon Precinct (2013)
• "Blood in the Water" in Tales from Dragon Precinct (2013)
• "Heroes Welcome" in Tales from Dragon Precinct (2013)
• "Undine the Boardwalk" in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013; reprinted in Bad-Ass Faeries: It's Elemental, 2014)
• "Love Over and Over" in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013)
• "Cayo Hueso Part 1: A Farewell to Cats" in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013)
• "Cayo Hueso Part 2: The Buck Stops Here" in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013)
• "Cayo Hueso Part 3: Twisting Fate" in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013)
• "God of Blunder" in Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet (2013)
• "Gan Brightblade vs. Mitos the Mighty," released to Kickstarter supporters (2014), set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Stone Cold Whodunit" in With Great Power (2014)
• "Fish Out of Water" in Out of Tune (2014), a tale of Cassie Zukav, weirdness magnet
• "Time Keeps on Slippin'" in Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis: Far Horizons (2014)
• "Down to the Waterline" in Buzzy Mag Online (2015) , a tale of Cassie Zukav, weirdness magnet
• "Partners in Crime" in Without a License: The Fantastic Worlds of Keith R.A. DeCandido (2015), set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Seven-Mile Race" in Without a License: The Fantastic Worlds of Keith R.A. DeCandido (2015), a tale of Cassie Zukav, weirdness magnet
• "Wild Bill Got Shot" in Without a License: The Fantastic Worlds of Keith R.A. DeCandido (2015)
• "Behold a White Tricycle" in Without a License: The Fantastic Worlds of Keith R.A. DeCandido (2015)
• "Back in El Paso My Life Will Be Worthless" in The X-Files: Trust No One (2015)
• "William Did It" on StoryOfTheMonthClub.com (2015; reprinted in A Baker's Dozen of Magic, 2016), a tale of Cassie Zukav, weirdness magnet
• "Send in the Clones" in The Side of Good/The Side of Evil (2015)
• Heroes Reborn: Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World (2015; reprinted in Heroes Reborn Collection Two, 2016)
• "Streets of Fire" in V-Wars: Night Terrors (2016)
• "We Seceded Where Others Failed" in Altered States of the Union (2016)
• "Right on, Sister!" in Limbus Inc. Book 3 (2016)
• Super City Cops: Avenging Amethyst (forthcoming in 2016)
• Super City Cops: Undercover Blues (forthcoming in 2017)
• Super City Cops: Secret Identities (forthcoming in 2017)
• "Deep Background" in Aliens: Bug Hunt (forthcoming in 2017)
• "Identity" in Baker Street Irregulars (forthcoming in 2017)
• "Ganbatte" in Joe Ledger: Unstoppable (forthcoming in 2017)
• "Live and On the Scene" in Nights of the Living Dead (forthcoming in 2017)
• "Baker's Dozen," released to Kickstarter supporters (forthcoming in 2017), set in the same universe as Dragon Precinct
• "Behind the Wheel" in TV Gods: Summer Programming (forthcoming in 2017), a tale of Cassie Zukav, weirdness magnet

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keith DeCandido.

• Official homepage
• Author's LiveJournal
• Keith DeCandido Interview
• 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