Shane Johnson (author)
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Shane Johnson is an American
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 author
Author
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 best known for the novel Ice. He has written several critically acclaimed and award-winning books. He has written both Christian fiction and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

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His list of work includes numerous Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

reference books including Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise
Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise
Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, written and illustrated by Shane Johnson and published by Pocket Books, is a book describing the post-refit USS Enterprise from the Star Trek fictional universe. It is written from the viewpoint of the ship's chief engineer, Montgomery Scott...

, Worlds of the Federation, and the Star Wars Technical Manual. He is also an historian on US spaceflights and was a design consultant on HBO's From the Earth to the Moon series.

Awards

His novel Chayatocha received the Best of 2003
2003 in literature
The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...

 award from Christian Fiction Review magazine. Two of his novels, Ice, and The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian, known in Japan as and previously referred to by the working title Project Trico, is an upcoming video game developed by Team Ico, to be published exclusively for the PlayStation 3 video game console by Sony Computer Entertainment...

were also Christy Award
Christy Award
The Christy Awards are awarded each year to recognize novels of excellence written from a Christian worldview. Awards are given in several genres, including contemporary , historical, romance , suspense, and visionary...

finalists.
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