When opportunity knocks, answer!

"My dad was an adventurer; my mother a romantic.  When they met in college, both were creative writers; the writing was a bond." -- Brian Herbert

Herbert, the son of science fiction author Frank Herbert (author of the Dune series) and Beverly Stuart (author of many romance novels and stories), was born on June 29, 1947 and despite those deep writing roots didn’t naturally gravitate to writing himself.

“I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up,” Brian said, “so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.”   But, luckily for the writing (and reading) world, he changed his mind and became as important a writer as his parents.  Now the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, he won several literary honors and has been nominated for the highest awards in science fiction. In 2003, he published Dreamer of Dune, a moving biography of his father and Hugo Award finalist. 

Brian’s other acclaimed novels include Sidney's Comet, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), Sudanna Sudanna, and 22 Dune series novels co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson, the most recent being 2022's The Heir of Caladan.

He said he finally decided to get into writing at the urging of his writer wife Jan.  “My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations,” he explained; then jumping at the opportunity to get started.

"Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest."