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 a New York Times bestselling author who wrote adult and children's fiction and works in a variety of mediums including comic books.

Scott Ciencin
Born(1962-09-01)September 1, 1962
DiedAugust 5, 2014(2014-08-05) (aged 51)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's, fantasy, horror

Career edit

Among his works are novels written for the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game campaign settings.[2] He also wrote books for the Dinotopia series.[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 edit

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 edit

Forgotten Realms edit

The Avatar Series edit

Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. Ciencin shared the pseudonym with Troy Denning, who wrote part 3 of the Avatar Series "Waterdeep," and James Lowder who 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 edit

Robert Silverberg's Time Tours edit

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

The Wolves of Autumn edit

The Vampire Odyssey edit

The Nightmare Club edit

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

WildC.A.T.S, Covert Action Teams edit

Dinotopia edit

The Elven Ways edit

The Lurker Files edit

Godzilla edit

Dinoverse edit

Gen¹³ edit

Jurassic Park Adventures edit

Ciencin's Jurassic Park stories are original novels based on the Jurassic Park films rather than directly on Michael Crichton's work.

Buffyverse edit

Starfleet Corps of Engineers edit

Transformers edit

Kim Possible edit

EverQuest edit

Charmed edit

Kim Possible: Pick a Villain edit

Standalone novels edit

Comic books and other works edit

Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include

Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami

References edit

  1. ^ "Malcolm Scott Ciencin - View Obituary & Service Information".
  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)
  3. ^ a b c "Scott Ciencin". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "About Scott Ciencin". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  5. ^ Jacob Ogles (July 29, 2014). "Scott Ciencin, author and film festival promoter, dies". SRQ Backlot. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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