DEAN WESLEY SMITH

'Dean Wesley Smith' is a science fiction author, known primarily for his ''Star Trek'' novels, movie novelizations, and other novels of licensed properties such as ''Smallville'', ''Spider-Man'', ''X-Men'', ''Aliens'', ''Roswell'', ''Men in Black'', and ''Quantum Leap''. He is also known for a number of his original novels, such as ''The Tenth Planet'' series, on which he collaborated with his wife, author Kristine Kathryn Rusch. They have also collaborated on other novels, including some of their ''Star Trek'' books.
Smith’s movie novelizations include '', ''The Rundown'', ''Steel'', ''The Core'', and ''X-Men.
His ''Star Trek'' novels include original books in series adapted from all five of the live action television series: , '', '', '' and ''. He has also written books in the ''Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers'' series, and has edited the contest anthology series, ''.
Smith’s stories can also be found in almost 20 different anthologies, such as ''Journeys to the Twilight Zone'' (1992), ''The Book of Kings'' (1995), and ''Past Lives, Present Tense''.

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Awards

★ Smith’s novel ''Laying the Music to Rest'', was nominated for the 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.

★ Smith’s short story, ''In the Shade of the Slowboat Man'', was nominated for the 1997 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.

External links

★ Dean Wesley Smith's Official Homepage

★ Fantastic Fiction’s Page for Dean Wesley Smith

★ LibraryThing author profile