Scott Ciencin

Scott Ciencin
Scott Ciencin
Born	September 1, 1962
Died	August 5, 2014(aged 51)
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Genre	Children'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 aNew York Timesbestselling author who wrote works in a variety of mediums including comic books.

Career

Among his works are novels written for theDungeons & Dragonsrole playing game campaign settings.^[2]He also wrote books for theDinotopiaseries.^[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

Forgotten Realms

The Avatar Series

Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. Ciencin shared the pseudonym withTroy Denning,who wrote part 3 of the Avatar Series "Waterdeep," andJames Lowderwho 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

The Harpers

The Night Parade,(1992)ISBN 978-1-56076-323-9

Robert Silverberg'sTime Tours

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

Glory's End,(1990)ISBN 978-0-06-106013-7
The Pirate Paradox,(1991)ISBN 978-0-06-106016-8,withGreg Cox

The Wolves of Autumn

The Wolves of Autumn,(1992)ISBN 978-0-446-36248-1
The Lotus and the Rose,(1992)ISBN 978-0-446-36249-8

The Vampire Odyssey

The Vampire Odyssey,(1992)ISBN 978-0-8217-3853-5
The Wildlings,(1992)ISBN 978-0-8217-3934-1
Parliament of Blood,(1992)ISBN 978-0-8217-3995-2

The Nightmare Club

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

The Initiation,(1993)ISBN 978-0-8217-4316-4
The Mask,(1993)ISBN 978-0-8217-4349-2
Slay Ride,(1993)ISBN 978-0-8217-4419-2
Spring Break,(1994)ISBN 978-0-8217-4542-7

Godzilla

Godzilla, King of the Monsters,(1996)ISBN 978-0-679-88220-6
Godzilla Invades America,(1997)ISBN 978-0-679-88752-2
Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island,(1998)ISBN 978-0-679-88901-4
Godzilla vs. the Space Monster,(1998)ISBN 978-0-679-88902-1

Dinoverse

I Was A Teenage T-Rex,(1999)ISBN 978-0-679-88843-7,originally published asDinoverse
The Teens Time Forgot,(2000)ISBN 978-0-679-88844-4
Raptor Without A Cause,(2000)ISBN 978-0-679-88845-1
Please Don't Eat the Teacher,(2000)ISBN 978-0-679-88846-8
Beverly Hills Brontosaurus,(2000)ISBN 978-0-375-80595-0
Dinosaurs Ate My Homework,(2000)ISBN 978-0-375-80596-7

Gen¹³

Time and Chance,withJeff Marriotte,(2001)ISBN 978-0-441-00856-8

Jurassic Park Adventures

Ciencin's Jurassic Park stories are original novels based on theJurassic Park filmsrather than directly onMichael Crichton's work.

Buffyverse

Sweet Sixteen (Buffy novel),(2001)ISBN 978-0-7434-4961-8
Vengeance (Angel novel),(2002)ISBN 978-0-7434-4980-9,withDan Jolley
The Longest Night (Angel novel),(2002)ISBN 0-7434-5061-2,with Denise Ciencin
Nemesis (Angel novel),(2003)ISBN 978-0-689-86702-6,with Denise Ciencin
Mortal Fear (Buffy novel),(2003)ISBN 978-0-7434-2771-5,with Denise Ciencin

Starfleet Corps of Engineers

Some Assembly Required,(2002)ISBN 978-0-7434-6442-0,with Greg Brodeur, Dave Galanter,Dan Jolley,Aaron Rosenberg,andKeith R.A. DeCandido
Age of Unreason,(2003)ASIN B000FBJFHS
Breakdowns,(2005)ISBN 978-1-4165-0326-2,withKeith R. A. DeCandido,Kevin Dilmore,Heather Jarman, andDayton Ward

Transformers

Hardwired,(2003)ISBN 978-0-7434-5898-6

Kim Possible

Tweeb Trouble,(2004)ISBN 978-0-7868-4629-0

EverQuest

The Rogue's Hour,(2004)ISBN 978-1-59315-294-9

Charmed

Luck Be a Lady,(2004)ISBN 978-0-689-85793-5
Light of the World,(2006)ISBN 978-1-4169-1470-9
High Spirits,(2007)ISBN 978-1-4169-3668-8

Kim Possible:Pick a Villain

Game On!,(2005)ISBN 978-0-7868-4652-8
Masters of Mayhem,(2005)ISBN 978-0-7868-4689-4

Standalone novels

Virtual Destruction,(1995)ISBN 978-0-8217-5010-0
Jurassic Park 3,(2001)ISBN 978-0-375-89001-7
Even Stevens: The Stevens Get Even,(2004)ISBN 978-0-7868-4708-2
The Legend of Zorro,(2005)ISBN 978-0-06-083304-6

Comic books and other works

Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include

A Winter's Tale- from Captain America: Red, White & Blue with art byPasqual FerryfromMarvel
Trial by Fire- mini-series with art byRon Wagnerset inR.A. Salvatore'sDemonwarsuniverse - fromCrossGen
Eye for an Eye- mini-series with art by Greg Tucchini set in R.A. Salvatore's Demonwars universe - from CrossGen
Metropolis S.C.U.- with artist Roger Robinson fromD.C.
New Gods:A Shadow Over Eden- from D.C.
New Gods:Acts of God- from D.C.
Star Trek: The Next Generation:The Killing Shadows- mini-series fromWildstormwith art byBryan Hitchand Andrew Currie
Star Bus: Attack of the Cling-Ons,(2011)ISBN 978-1-4342-3067-6,with art by Jeff Crowther
Silent Hill: Dying Inside- mini-series with art byBen Templesmithand Aadi Salmon fromIDW
Silent Hill: Paint it Black- art by Shaun Thomas from IDW
Silent Hill: Among the Damned- art by Shaun Thomas from IDW
Silent Hill: The Grinning Man- art byNick Stakalfrom IDW
Silent Hill: Dead/Alive- mini-series with art byNick Stakalfrom IDW
Silent Hill: Three Bloody Tales- art byNick Stakal,and Shaun Thomas from IDW

Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami

Silent Hill Experience:The Hunger

References

^"Malcolm Scott Ciencin - View Obituary & Service Information".
^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)
^^a ^b ^c"Scott Ciencin".Archived fromthe originalon February 24, 2009.
^^a ^b ^c"About Scott Ciencin".Archived fromthe originalon August 12, 2014.RetrievedAugust 11,2014.
^Jacob Ogles (July 29, 2014)."Scott Ciencin, author and film festival promoter, dies".SRQ Backlot.RetrievedAugust 9,2014.

External links

Official website of Scott Ciencin
Fantasticfiction.co.uk - Bibliography
"Scott Ciencin:: Pen & Paper RPG Database".Archivedfrom the original on February 11, 2005.

[1] "Malcolm Scott Ciencin - View Obituary & Service Information".

[buker2002-2] 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)

[wizardsbio-3] "Scott Ciencin".Archived fromthe originalon February 24, 2009.

[about-4] "About Scott Ciencin".Archived fromthe originalon August 12, 2014.RetrievedAugust 11,2014.

[5] Jacob Ogles (July 29, 2014)."Scott Ciencin, author and film festival promoter, dies".SRQ Backlot.RetrievedAugust 9,2014.

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Scott Ciencin
Born	(1962-09-01)September 1, 1962
Died	August 5, 2014(2014-08-05)(aged 51)
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Genre	Children's,fantasy,horror