Scott Ciencin


Malcolm Scott Ciencin was an American author of adult and children's fiction. He co-authored several books with his wife Denise Ciencin. He was a New York Times bestselling author who wrote works in a variety of mediums including comic books.

Career

Among his works are novels written for the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game campaign settings. He also wrote books for the Dinotopia series. was a New York Times bestselling novelist of 90+ books from Simon & Schuster, Random House, Scholastic, Harper and many more. He had also written comic books, screenplays, and worked on video games. He created programs for Scholastic Books, designed trading cards, consulted on video games, directed and produced audio programs & TV commercials, and wrote in the medical field about neurosurgery and neurology. He first worked in TV production as a writer, producer and director.

Personal life

Ciencin lived in Sarasota, Florida with his wife Denise. He died in August 2014 of a blood clot to the brain.

''[Forgotten Realms]''

''[The Avatar Series]''

Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. Ciencin shared the pseudonym with Troy Denning, who wrote part 3 of the Avatar Series "Waterdeep," and James Lowder who edited the trilogy and wrote parts of "Tantras."
Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.
  • Glory's End,
  • The Pirate Paradox, , with Greg Cox

    ''The Wolves of Autumn''

  • The Wolves of Autumn,
  • The Lotus and the Rose,

    ''The Vampire Odyssey''

  • The Vampire Odyssey,
  • The Wildlings,
  • Parliament of Blood,

    ''The Nightmare Club''

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.
  • The Initiation,
  • The Mask,
  • Slay Ride,
  • Spring Break,

    ''WildC.A.T.S, Covert Action Teams''

  • Dark Blade Falling,
  • Evil Within,

    ''[Dinotopia]''

  • Windchaser,
  • Lost City,
  • Sabertooth Mountain, , with John Vornholt
  • Thunderfalls,
  • Sky Dance,
  • Return to the Lost City,
  • The Explorers,

    ''The Elven Ways''

  • The Ways of Magic,
  • Ancient Games,
  • Night of Glory,

    ''The Lurker Files''

  • Faceless,
  • Know Fear,
  • Nemesis,
  • Incarnate,
  • Apparition,
  • Triad,

    Godzilla

  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters,
  • Godzilla Invades America,
  • Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island,
  • Godzilla vs. the Space Monster,

    Dinoverse

  • I Was A Teenage T-Rex, , originally published as Dinoverse
  • The Teens Time Forgot,
  • Raptor Without A Cause,
  • Please Don't Eat the Teacher,
  • Beverly Hills Brontosaurus,
  • Dinosaurs Ate My Homework,

    ''Gen13">Gen¹³">Gen13''

  • Time and Chance, with Jeff Marriotte,

    ''Jurassic Park Adventures''

Ciencin's Jurassic Park stories are original novels based on the Jurassic Park films rather than directly on Michael Crichton's work.
  • Jurassic Park Adventures: Survivor,
  • Jurassic Park Adventures: Prey,
  • Jurassic Park Adventures: Flyers,

    Buffyverse

  • Sweet Sixteen ,
  • Vengeance , , with Dan Jolley
  • The Longest Night , , with Denise Ciencin
  • Nemesis , , with Denise Ciencin
  • Mortal Fear , , with Denise Ciencin

    ''[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]''

  • Some Assembly Required, , with Greg Brodeur, Dave Galanter, Dan Jolley, Aaron Rosenberg, and Keith R.A. DeCandido
  • Age of Unreason,
  • Breakdowns, , with Keith R. A. DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, Heather Jarman, and Dayton Ward

    ''Transformers''

  • Hardwired,

    ''[Kim Possible]''

  • Tweeb Trouble,

    ''[EverQuest]''

  • The Rogue's Hour,

    ''Charmed">Charmed novels">Charmed''

  • Luck Be a Lady,
  • Light of the World,
  • High Spirits,

    ''[Kim Possible]: Pick a Villain''

  • Game On!,
  • Masters of Mayhem,

    Standalone novels

  • Virtual Destruction,
  • Jurassic Park 3,
  • Even Stevens: The Stevens Get Even,
  • The Legend of Zorro,

    Comic books and other works

Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include
  • A Winter's Tale - from Captain America: Red, White & Blue with art by Pasqual Ferry from Marvel
  • Trial by Fire - mini-series with art by Ron Wagner set in R.A. Salvatore's Demonwars universe - from CrossGen
  • Eye for an Eye - mini-series with art by Greg Tucchini set in R.A. Salvatore's Demonwars universe - from CrossGen
  • Metropolis S.C.U. - with artist Roger Robinson from D.C.
  • New Gods: A Shadow Over Eden - from D.C.
  • New Gods: Acts of God - from D.C.
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Killing Shadows - mini-series from Wildstorm with art by Bryan Hitch and Andrew Currie
  • Star Bus: Attack of the Cling-Ons, , with art by Jeff Crowther
  • Silent Hill: Dying Inside - mini-series with art by Ben Templesmith and Aadi Salmon from IDW
  • Silent Hill: Paint it Black - art by Shaun Thomas from IDW
  • Silent Hill: Among the Damned - art by Shaun Thomas from IDW
  • Silent Hill: The Grinning Man - art by Nick Stakal from IDW
  • Silent Hill: Dead/Alive - mini-series with art by Nick Stakal from IDW
  • Silent Hill: Three Bloody Tales - art by Nick Stakal, and Shaun Thomas from IDW
Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami
  • Silent Hill Experience: The Hunger