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.

Biography

Malcolm Scott Ciencin was born in 1962. He was a New York Times bestselling author who wrote adult and children's fiction and works in a variety of mediums including comic books. 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 best-selling 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.
Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.
Ciencin's Jurassic Park stories are original novels based on the Jurassic Park films rather than directly on Michael Crichton's work.
Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include
Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami