Aaron Johnston
Aaron Johnston is an American New York Times bestselling author, comics writer, and film producer.[1][2]
Johnston was an associate producer on the movie Ender's Game, including a cameo appearance as an International Fleet officer. He is co-author with Orson Scott Card the First Formic War trilogy, a prequel series to Ender's Game.[3] The series includes Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens.[4][5]
His comic credits include for Marvel comics: Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Formic Wars, League War, and Mazer in Prison.[3][6]
Screenplay adaptations: Alvin Maker, Sarah: Woman of Genesis, The Multiple Man, Feed the Baby of Love, and others.
He wrote the Extinct television series.[7]
His play Lifeloop is an adaptation of Orson Scott Card's short story.[8]
Johnston is a Mormon. He first met Card when he was in the same LDS stake as him in North Carolina.
Bibliography
Novels
| Title | Year | Series | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invasive Procedures | 2007 | None | Novel | |
| Earth Unaware | 2012 | Ender's Game | Novel | |
| Earth Afire | 2013 | Ender's Game | Novel | |
| Earth Awakens | 2014 | Ender's Game | Novel | |
| The Swarm | 2016 | Ender's Game | Novel |
Comics
| Title | Year | Series | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazer in Prison | 2010 | Ender's Game | Comic | |
| Ender in Exhile | 2010 | Ender's Game | Comic | |
| Speaker for the Dead | 2011 | Ender's Game | Comic | |
| Formic Wars: Burning Earth | 2011 | Ender's Game | Comic | |
| Formic Wars: Silent Strike | 2012 | Ender's Game | Comic |
Filmography
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ender's Game | 2013 | Associate producer |
| Extinct (TV series) | 2017 | Writer |
Notes
- ↑ Herald, Court Mann Daily. "Co-authors Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston discuss new ‘Ender's Game’ prequels". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ↑ Haddock, Marc (14 July 2012). "Book review: 'Earth Unaware' a promising prequel set up for 'Formic War' series". Deseret News. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- 1 2 Pitt, David (6 July 2013). "Reissued Hollywood memoir a winner". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Harding, Natasha (1 August 2004). "Earth Awakens". The Sun. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Earth Awakens; book review". Gold Coast Bulletin. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Aaron Johnston". Comic Vine. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "BYUtv announces new sci-fi series 'Extinct' for 2017". Deseret News. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "Posing As People". Hatrack.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.