Dean Wesley Smith
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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 [[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]], 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: [[Star Trek: TOS|the original series]], [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]], [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]], [[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]] and [[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]. He has also written books in the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series, and has edited the fan fiction series, [[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]].
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.
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.
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