William C. Dietz
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William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels some of which have been translated into German, French, Russian, Korean and Japanese. Dietz also wrote the script for the Legion of the Damned game (i-Phone, i-Touch, & i-Pad) based on his book of the same name--and co-wrote SONY's Resistance: Burning Skies game for the PS Vita along with Mike Bates.

Dietz grew up in the Seattle area, where he admits to being a so-so student, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a Corpsman, graduated from the University of Washington, lived in Africa for half a year, and has traveled to six continents.

Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer and Director of Public Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company.
Dietz has written a number of notable tie-in novels including Halo: The Flood
Halo: The Flood
Halo: The Flood is a 2003 novel based on the 2001 Xbox video game Halo: Combat Evolved written by William C. Dietz. Closely depicting the events of the video game, The Flood begins with the escape of a human ship Pillar of Autumn from enemy aliens known as the Covenant...

 based on a popular video game, as well as three Star Wars books featuring the adventures of Kyle Katarn, and two books in the popular Resistance universe.

Dietz indicates that he discovered science fiction while in grade school and continued to read SF from that point on. He knew he wanted to be a writer at age twenty or so, but never got around to it until he was thirty-nine, which was one year shy of a self-imposed deadline of forty.

Dietz wrote War World (now Galactic Bounty) in 1984. It was accepted for publication upon Dietz's initial submission. From that point on he continued to produce at least a book a year eventually becoming a full time novelist in 2002.

Dietz and his wife Marjorie live near the city of Gig Harbor in Washington State.

Works

As Dietz wrote Galactic Bounty it was his intention to create a sprawling universe that could be used as a setting for numerous books. Galactic Bounty, Imperial Bounty, Alien Bounty, McCade's Bounty, Drifter, Drifter's Run, Drifter's War, Freehold, and Prison Planet were all set in what Dietz refers to as the "McCade universe." And some of the books share characters or refer to each other in some way. Most of the themes that Dietz likes to write about including futuristic soldiers, alien politics, cyborgs, and shape shifters are all established in these early novels.
  • Galactic Bounty (War World)
  • Imperial Bounty
  • Alien Bounty
  • McCade’s Bounty
  • McCade For Hire (Includes Galactic Bounty and Imperial Bounty)
  • McCade On The Run (Includes Alien Bounty and McCade’s Bounty)


Drifter Series
  • Drifter
  • Drifter’s Run
  • Drifter’s War


Legion Series
  1. Legion Of The Damned
    Legion Of The Damned (novel)
    Legion of the Damned is a science fiction novel by William C. Dietz, first published by Ace Books in 1993.This is the first book in 8 book legion series by Dietz, the ninth book is scheduled to be published in October 2011....

  2. The Final Battle
    The Final Battle (novel)
    The Final Battle is a science fiction novel by William C. Dietz, first published by Ace Books in 1995.This is the second book in 8 book legion series by Dietz, the ninth book is scheduled to be published in October 2011....

  3. By Blood Alone
  4. By Force of Arms
  5. For More Than Glory
  6. For Those Who Fell
  7. When All Seems Lost
  8. When Duty Calls
  9. A Fighting Chance (Coming October 2011)


The Sauron duology
  • Deathday
  • Earthrise


Other series
  • Matrix Man
  • Mars Prime

  • Runner
  • Runner: Logos Run (HC)

  • Freehold
  • Prison Planet
  • Where The Ships Die
  • Bodyguard
  • Steelheart
  • Ejecta-Kindle only

  • Cluster Command with David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...



Tie-In Novels:

Star Wars: Dark Forces
  • Soldier For The Empire, Dark Forces, Lucas Films (HC)
  • Rebel Agent, Dark Forces, Lucas Films (HC)
  • Jedi Knight
    Jedi Knight
    "Jedi Knight" may refer to:*Jedi, Star Wars franchise fictional character*Jedi Knights *Jedi census phenomenonSee also:* Star Wars: Jedi Knight series...

    , Dark Forces, Lucas Films (HC)
  • Halo: The Flood, Del Rey Books/Bungie
  • Hitman: Enemy Within
    Hitman: Enemy Within
    Hitman: Enemy Within is the first novel in the Hitman series. It was written by William C. Dietz and released on August 28, 2007, from Del Rey Books...

    , Del Rey
  • Resistance: The Gathering Storm, Sony/Del Rey
  • Resistance: A Hole In The Sky, Sony/Del Rey
  • Starcraft II: Heaven's Devils, Simon & Schuster
  • Mass Effect: Deception

Games Written by William C. Dietz:
  • Legion of the Damned
  • Resistance: Burning Skies, with Mike Bates

External links

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