“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
Brian Herbert is the son of science fiction
author Frank Herbert, (author of the Dune
series), and Beverly Stuart (author of many romance novels and
stories). Born on this date in 1947, he
didn’t naturally gravitate to writing despite those deep writing roots.
“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 since then
has become as important a writer as his parents. Now the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, he has won several
literary honors and been nominated for the highest awards in science fiction.
In 2003, he published Dreamer of Dune,
a moving biography of his father – a Hugo Award finalist.
Brian’s other acclaimed novels include Sidney's
Comet, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna
Sudanna, and 12 Dune series
novels co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson.
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.
“She said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and
ask him for help.” He did and the rest
is history.
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