Dean Wesley Smith (born November 10, 1950) is an American writer of

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, and

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. Smith has published nearly 200 novels and hundreds of short stories. Smith has also written novels for licensed properties such as '' Star Trek'', '' Spider-Man'', ''

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,'' and many other gaming, television, and movie properties. Smith's novel ''Laying the Music to Rest'', was nominated for the 1990

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for Best First Novel. Smith's short story, ''In the Shade of the Slowboat Man'', was nominated for the 1997 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. He is married to fellow writer/editor

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Nov ...

; they have collaborated on several works. Smith and Rusch operated

Pulphouse Publishing Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon, and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996. Over that ...

for many years and edited the original (hardback) incarnation of ''Pulphouse Magazine''; they won a

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in 1989.

Bibliography

Shadow Warrior

*''For Dead Eyes Only,'' Pocket, October 1997

The Tenth Planet

with Kristine Kathryn Rusch * ''The Tenth Planet,'' Del Rey, 1999 * ''Oblivion,'' Del Rey, 2000 * ''The Final Assault,'' Del Rey, 2000

Pilgrim Hugh Incident

* ''The Case of the Intrusive Furniture,'' WMG Publishing, 2011 * ''Miss Smallwood's Goodies,'' WMG Publishing, 2011 * ''The Case of the Dead Lady Blues,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 * ''The Case of the Lost Treasure,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 * ''The Case of the Simple Passage,'' WMG Publishing, 2016

Doc Thriller

* ''Dead Money,'' WMG Publishing, 2013

Marble Grant

* Whistle for Help: A Marble Grant Story, WMG Publishing, 9 May 2021 * ''The First Year: A Marble Grant Novel'', WMG Publishing, 20 July 2021

Cold Poker Gang

* ''Kill Game,'' WMG Publishing, May, 2014 * ''Cold Call,'' WMG Publishing, February, 2015 * ''Calling Dead,'' WMG Publishing, May, 2015 * ''Bad Beat,'' WMG Publishing, January, 2016 * ''Dead Hand,'' WMG Publishing, June, 2016 * ''Freezeout,'' WMG Publishing, October, 2016 * ''Ace High,'' WMG Publishing, February, 2017 * ''Burn Card,'' WMG Publishing, December, 2017 * ''Heads Up'', WMG Publishing, November, 2019 * ''Ring Game,'' WMG Publishing, April 2020 * ''Bottom Pair,'' WMG Publishing, June 2021 * ''The Remarkable Way She Died,'' WMG Publishing, March 2021 * ''Under Glass,'' WMG Publishing, March 2021

Thunder Mountain

* ''Thunder Mountain,'' WMG Publishing, January, 2014 * ''Monumental Summit,'' WMG Publishing, March, 2014 * ''Avalanche Creek,'' WMG Publishing, November, 2014 * ''The Edwards Mansion,'' WMG Publishing, January, 2015 * ''Lake Roosevelt,'' WMG Publishing, March, 2015 * ''Warm Springs,'' WMG Publishing, April, 2015 * ''Melody Ridge,'' WMG Publishing, December, 2015 * ''Grapevine Springs,'' WMG Publishing, April, 2016 * ''The Idanha Hotel,'' WMG Publishing, July, 2016 * ''The Taft Ranch,'' WMG Publishing, September, 2016 * ''Tombstone Canyon,'' WMG Publishing, December, 2017 * ''Dry Creek Crossing,'' WMG Publishing, December, 2017

Non-Fiction

* ''Writing a Novel in Seven Days'' * ''Heinlein's Rules'' * ''How to Write Fiction Sales Copy'' * ''Stages of a Fiction Writer'' * ''Writing into the Dark'' * Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing * Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing * How to Write a Novel in Ten Days * Think Like a Publisher * The First Tee Panic

Smith's Monthly

* Smith's Monthly #1, WMG Publishing, October, 2013 * Smith's Monthly #2, WMG Publishing, November, 2013 * Smith's Monthly #3, WMG Publishing, December, 2013 * Smith's Monthly #4, WMG Publishing, January, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #5, WMG Publishing, February, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #6, WMG Publishing, March, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #7, WMG Publishing, April, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #8, WMG Publishing, May, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #9, WMG Publishing, June, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #10, WMG Publishing, July, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #11, WMG Publishing, August, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #12, WMG Publishing, September, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #13, WMG Publishing, October, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #14, WMG Publishing, November, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #15, WMG Publishing, December, 2014 * Smith's Monthly #16, WMG Publishing, January, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #17, WMG Publishing, February, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #18, WMG Publishing, March, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #19, WMG Publishing, April, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #20, WMG Publishing, May, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #21, WMG Publishing, June, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #22, WMG Publishing, July, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #23, WMG Publishing, August, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #24, WMG Publishing, September, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #25, WMG Publishing, October, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #26, WMG Publishing, November, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #27, WMG Publishing, December, 2015 * Smith's Monthly #28, WMG Publishing, January, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #29, WMG Publishing, February, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #30, WMG Publishing, March, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #31, WMG Publishing, April, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #32, WMG Publishing, May, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #33, WMG Publishing, June, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #34, WMG Publishing, July, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #35, WMG Publishing, August, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #36, WMG Publishing, September, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #37, WMG Publishing, October, 2016 * Smith's Monthly #38, WMG Publishing, November, 2016 * 'Smith's Monthly'' #39, WMG Publishing, December. 2016 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #40, WMG Publishing, January, 2017 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #41, WMG Publishing, February, 2017 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #42, WMG Publishing, March, 2017 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #43, WMG Publishing, April, 2017 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #44, WMG Publishing, May, 2017 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #45, WMG Publishing, January, 2021 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #46, WMG Publishing, February, 2021 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #47, WMG Publishing, March, 2021 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #48, WMG Publishing, April, 2021 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #49, WMG Publishing, May, 2021 * ''Smith's Monthly'' #50, WMG Publishing, June, 2021 *''Smith's Monthly'' #51, WMG Publishing, July, 2021 *''Smith's Monthly'' #52, WMG Publishing, August, 2021 *''Smith's Monthly'' #53, WMG Publishing, September, 2021 *''Smith's Monthly'' #54, WMG Publishing, October, 2021

Seeder's Universe

*''Shadow in the City,'' WMG Publishing, Septembe, 2010 *''Dust and Kisses,'' WMG Publishing, January, 2014 *''Against Time,'' WMG Publishing, February, 2014 *''Sector Justice,'' WMG Publishing, April, 2014 *''Morning Song,'' WMG Publishing, August, 2014 *''The High Edge,'' WMG Publishing, October, 2014 *''Star Mist,'' WMG Publishing, February, 2016 *''Star Rain,''WMG Publishing, March, 2016 *''Star Fall,''WMG Publishing, November, 2016 *''A Bad Patch of Humanity,'' WMG Publishing, March, 2016 *''Dreaming Large,'' WMG Publishing, March, 2016 *''A Matter for a Future Year,'' WMG Publishing, March, 2016 *''Starburst,'' WMG Publishing, January, 2017 *''A Billion Earths,'' WMG Publishing, March, 2021

Poker Boy

*''The Slot's of Saturn,'' WMG Publishing, 2014 *''The Old Girlfriend of Doom,'' WMG Publishing, 2010 *''Dead Even,'' WMG Publishing, 2010 *''Gods Aren't Funny,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 *''Gambling Hell,'' WMG Publishing, 2013 *''Luck Be a Lady,'' WMG Publishing, 2010 *''Sighed the Snake,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''The Smoke That Doesn't Bark,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''The War of Poker,'' WMG Publishing, 2013 *''Daddy is an Undertaker,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''Nonexistent No MOre,'' WMG Publishing, 2013 *''Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''Dried Up,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''The Empty Mummy Murders,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''Living Time,'' WMG Publishing, 2013 *''Not Saleable For Sale,'' WMG Publishing, 2013 *''Just Shoot Me Now,'' WMG Publishing, 2013 *''For the Balance of a Heart,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''A Night With a Forgotten God,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 *''They're Back,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 *''Gods Have History,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 *''Leaking Away a Life,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 *''The Rude Improbable Presumptive,'' WMG Publishing, 2016 *''The Women of the Felt,'' WMG Publishing, 2011 *''Poker Boy vs The Silicon Suckers,'' WMG Publishing, 2012 *''Luck Be Ladies,'' WMG Publishing, 2019 *''Playing a Hunch,'' WMG Publishing, 2020 *''Mystery Cat,'' WMG Publishing, 2021 *''The Portal of Wrong Love,'' WMG Publishing, 2021 ''The Tenth Planet'' series, on which he collaborated with his wife, author

. Smith's film novelizations include '' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'', ''

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'', '' Steel'', ''

The Core ''The Core'' is a 2003 American science fiction disaster film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D. J. Qualls, Richard Jenkins, Tcheky Karyo, Bruce Greenwood, and Alfre Woodard. The f ...

'', and ''

.'' a Other properties include '' Aliens'', '' Roswell'', '' Smallville'', and ''

Quantum Leap ''Quantum Leap'' is an American science fiction television series, created by Donald P. Bellisario, that premiered on NBC and aired for five seasons, from March 26, 1989, to May 5, 1993. The series stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a phys ...

''. His ''Star Trek'' novels include original books in series adapted from five of the

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the original series ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (''TOS'') to distingui ...

, '' The Next Generation'', '' Deep Space Nine'', '' Voyager'' and ''

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''. He has also written books in the '' Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers'' series, and has edited the contest anthology series, '' Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''. Smith's stories can also be found in almost 20 different anthologies, such as '' Journeys to the Twilight Zone'' (1992), '' The Book of Kings'' (1995), and '' Past Lives, Present Tense''. He also wrote 4 books with his wife under the name Sandy Schofield. In 1992, Smith was the founding publisher of '' Tomorrow Speculative Fiction'' before selling the magazine to editor

Algis Budrys Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), Jo ...

's UniFont.

Collections

*''A Poker Boy Christmas: A Poker Boy Collection'', WMG Publishing, 9 November 2021. *''The End Might Be Interesting After All: Six Really, Really Whacked Out End-of-Things Stories'', WMG Publishing, 9 November 2021. *''Too Strange for the Name: Six Really, Really, Really Whacked Out Stories with Sex'', WMG Publishing, 9 November 2021 *''A Case for Aliens: Six Really, Really, Really Whacked Out Alien Stories'', WMG Publishing, 26 October 2021 *''Fantasy Love: Six Really, Really, Really Whacked Out Love Stories'', WMG Publishing, 26 October 2021 *''Weird Crime: Six Really, Really, Really Whacked Out Crime Stories'', WMG Publishing, 26 October 2021 *''Time for Cool Madness: Six Really, Really, Really Strange Marble Grant Stories'', WMG Publishing, 26 October 2021 *''Holiday Insanity: Six Really, Really, Really, Whacked Out Holiday Stories'', WMG Publishing, 26 October 2021 *''A Billion Earths: A Seeders Universe Collection'', WMG Publishing, 21 March 2021 *''Luck Be Ladies: A Poker Boy Collection'', WMG Publishing, 17 August 2019 *''Alien Vibrations: Five Strange Science Fiction Short Stories'', WMG Publishing, 29 December 2017 *''The Case of Pilgrim Hugh: Five STrange Detective Stories'', WMG Publishing, 18 April 2017

Short Stories

* ''Black Betsy • ukebox' (1994) (collected in

Mike Resnick Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct ma ...

's alternate history anthology ''

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Awards

*Smith's novel ''Laying the Music to Rest'', was nominated for the 1990

for Best First Novel. *Smith's short story, ''In the Shade of the Slowboat Man'', was nominated for the 1997 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.

External links

Dean Wesley Smith's Official HomepageFantastic Fiction’s Page for Dean Wesley SmithLibraryThing author profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Dean Living people American science fiction writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists World Fantasy Award-winning writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 1950 births