Dune: House Harkonnen

Brian Herbert is the son of legendary science fiction author Frank Herbert and has written the definitive biography of him, Dreamer of Dune, a finalist for the Hugo Award. Brian has also written many highly imaginative novels, including the Timeweb trilogy, the ecological fantasy Ocean (with his wife, Jan), The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma, The Unborn, and The Assassination of Billy Jeeling. His earlier acclaimed novels include The Stolen Gospels, Sudanna Sudanna, and Sidney’s Comet, as well as Man of Two Worlds (written with his father). Brian has collaborated on many novels in the Dune series with Kevin J. Anderson, all of which became international bestsellers, and they also collaborated on the Hellhole trilogy. Brian comanages the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the new motion picture Dune and the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He and his wife live in Seattle, Washington.

Kevin J. Anderson has written in many genres, science fiction, epic fantasy, suspense/thriller, and humor. He is best known for his work in the Star Wars, X-Files, Batman and Superman universes, as well as the space opera Saga of Seven Suns, epic fantasy Spine of the Dragon, his humorous Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series, and two steampunk fantasy adventures, Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives, written with legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Kevin is creative consultant on the new Legendary motion picture of Dune and is coproducer on the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He is the publisher of WordFire Press and also professor and director of the Publishing MA grad program at Western Colorado University.

Together, Herbert and Anderson have written numerous international bestselling novels set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune, as well as a graphic novel adaptation of the classic Dune. They are the authors of an orginal epic science fiction trilogy, Hellhole, Hellhole Awakening, and Hellhole Inferno.