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

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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

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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

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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

Robert Silverberg's Time Tours

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Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

The Wolves of Autumn

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The Vampire Odyssey

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The Nightmare Club

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Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

WildC.A.T.S, Covert Action Teams

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The Elven Ways

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The Lurker Files

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Godzilla

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Dinoverse

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Jurassic Park Adventures

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

Buffyverse

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Transformers

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Kim Possible: Pick a Villain

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Standalone novels

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Comic books and other works

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Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include

Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami

References

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  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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