Keith R.A. DeCandido
Keith R.A. DeCandido is the author of some fifty novels, covering various and sundry universes both
his own and other people’s. His work in media fiction — prose and comics based on TV shows, movies,
comics, and games — earned him a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of
Media Tie-in Writers in 2009, which means he never needs to achieve anything ever again. His
most recent work ranges from the Leverage novel The Zoo Job to the “Precinct”
series of high fantasy police procedurals (Dragon Precinct, Unicorn Precinct, Goblin Precinct,
Gryphon Precinct, and the shortstory collection Tales from Dragon Precinct, as well
as upcoming comic books and audios) to the comic book miniseries The Fallen (written
with Ænder Steven Harris) to the SCPD series of cop novels set in a city filled
with superheroes (The Case of the Claw and Avenging Amethyst) to Star
Trek: The Klingon Art of War.
He’s contributed to several shared worlds: Jonathan Maberry’s V-Wars (the story “The
Ballad of Big Charlie”), Steven Savile’s Viral (the novella -30-), and Aaron
Rosenberg & David Niall Wilson’s Tales from the Scattered Earth (the novel
Guilt in Innocence), and his recent short fiction has appeared in Apocalypse 13,
Bad-Ass Faeries: It’s Elemental, Defending the Future 5: Best-Laid Plans, Dragon’s Lure,
More Tales of Zorro, Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins, and Tales from the House
Band Volumes 1 & 2.
Keith is also an editor, having put together many anthologies and supervised many a book line;
a musician, the percussionist with the parody band Boogie Knights (you can hear him on their
CDs Many a Sleepless Knight and Wasted Days and Wasted Knights); a black
belt in Kenshikai karate; a longtime fan of the New York Yankees (he co-edited
In the Dugout: Yankeres 2013 for Lindy’s Sports with Cecilia M. Tan); and a
veteran podcaster, contributing to The Chronic Rift, doing his own podcast
Dead Kitchen Radio, and doing voices for the audio dramas HG World, Gypsy
Cove, The Dome, and more.
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