Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction, with many series to his credit as well as a large number of single novels. He is especially prolific in his novelizations of film scripts.He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles and currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Locus Award for Best Novel
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[dedicating his novelization of Terminator Salvation (2009)] For Brian Thomsen, who would have approved. But who left much too soon. In appreciation and friendship.
Currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel.
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Received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Received his Bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Foster was one of the first authors to write a book about the Star Wars characters having nothing to do with George Lucas' original trilogy storyline. Its titled "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" and was written after the first Star Wars film, centering on adventures featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.
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Foster's love of exotic places has taken him to Europe, Asia, through the Pacific Ocean, and the back roads of Tanzania and Kenya. He has lived in Tahiti and French Polynesia. He has rappeled into New Mexico's fabled Lechugilla Cave, pan-fried piranha in Peru, whitewater-rafted the length of the Zambezi's Batoka Gorge, and driven solo the length and breadth of Namibia.
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Foster's fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and westerns. He has written non-fiction articles on film, science and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novelizations of many films, including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Welcome to Paradox
1998
TV Series story - 1 episode
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
story
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Between the Lines
2016
Video documentary short
Himself
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
Documentary
Himself
Alien Encounters
2013-2014
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Author / Himself - Science Fiction Author
Spacing Out!
2012
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
Video documentary short
Himself, science fiction novelist
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
Video documentary short
Himself - Science Fiction Novelist
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1980
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Known for movies
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) as Writer
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006) as Himself - Science Fiction Novelist
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006) as Himself, science fiction novelist
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