Brian Herbert

American author Brian Herbert was born on June 29th, 1947 and lives in Washington state with his wife, Jan. Herbert writes predominantly science fiction novels, and he is also known as the oldest son of science fiction author Frank Herbert, who was famous for writing the Dune series. Herbert has taken over the continued writing responsibilities of the Dune Saga series after his father died, collaborating with science fiction and fantasy author Kevin J. Anderson. Herbert and Anderson had written several prequels to the 1965 classic science fiction novel, Dune, and they had also completed the two sequels that were left unfinished by his father due to his death in 1986. The two sequels were written by Herbert and Anderson based on the notes and an outline that were left by Frank Herbert. Although Herbert has had commercial and critically acclaimed success in the continued writing of the Dune Saga series in his father’s place, he is also known for his own works of science fiction, fantasy and nonfiction.