Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith’s Followers (176)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Dean Wesley Smith


Website

Genre


Pen Names
Edward Taft
Dee W. Schofield
Sandy Schofield
Kathryn Wesley

Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names and well over 100 published short stories. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has books published in nine different countries. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance as well as books for television, movies, games, and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghost writer or under house names.

With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. The following is a list of novels under the Dean Wesley S
...more

Dean Wesley Smith isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

Early Bird Discount Extended One Day…

Only Until Tuesday… Early Bird Price…INDIE WRITING AND PUBLISHINGBEST (and Worst) PRACTICES SEMINAR

That is because the WRITING IN DIFFICULT TIMES class which is part of the early bird sign-ups will start on Tuesday and act like a bridge between the mental focus of the last seminar and the business focus of this new seminar. The Writing in Difficult Times class is three weeks long. Kris and I reall

Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on February 22, 2026 21:28
Average rating: 3.8 · 27,534 ratings · 2,891 reviews · 821 distinct worksSimilar authors
Kill Game: A Cold Poker Gan...

3.92 avg rating — 2,326 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Soldiers of Fear (Star ...

by
3.76 avg rating — 1,180 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Writing into the Dark: How ...

4.05 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Shadow

by
3.86 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Escape

by
3.53 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Against Time (Seeders Unive...

3.99 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Echos (Star Trek Voyager, #15)

by
3.73 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
By the Book (Star Trek: Ent...

by
3.66 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Vectors (Star Trek: The Nex...

by
3.69 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Thunder Mountain (Thunder M...

3.97 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Dean Wesley Smith…
Kill Game: A Cold Poker Gan... Cold Call: A Cold Poker Gan... Calling Dead: A Cold Poker ... Bad Beat: A Cold Poker Gang... Dead Hand: A Cold Poker Gan... Freezeout: A Cold Poker Gan... Ace High
(16 books)
by
3.99 avg rating — 3,000 ratings

Men in Black: The Green Sal... Men in Black: The Grazer Co...
(4 books)
by
3.90 avg rating — 1,333 ratings

Thunder Mountain Monumental Summit: A Thunde... Avalanche Creek: A Thunder ... The Edwards Mansion Lake Roosevelt: A Thunder M... Warm Springs: A Thunder Mou... Melody Ridge: A Thunder Mou...
(11 books)
by
4.00 avg rating — 615 ratings

Smith's Monthly #1 Smith's Monthly #2 Smith's Monthly #3 Smith's Monthly #4 Smith's Monthly #5 Smith's Monthly #6 Smith's Monthly #7
(50 books)
by
3.41 avg rating — 87 ratings

Heaven Painted as a Poker Chip Heaven Painted as a Christm... The Free Meal: A Ghost of a...
(3 books)
by
3.99 avg rating — 69 ratings

More series by Dean Wesley Smith…
Quotes by Dean Wesley Smith  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.”
Dean Wesley Smith

“I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.”
Dean Wesley Smith

“When I have a chapter finished, I jot down who the viewpoint characters are, what they are wearing, what happened in the chapter. So as I go along, I outline each book as I write it. I never outline ahead of the writing, but after the writing is done. That keeps the creative side of my brain in control of the writing.”
Dean Wesley Smith, Writing into the Dark: How to Write a Novel without an Outline

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Seasonal Read...: * Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2614 899 Aug 31, 2011 09:18PM  
Shut Up & Read: The cost of e-books 48 361 Mar 06, 2013 12:29PM  
Fantasy and Vampi...: Finding the time. 22 43 May 05, 2014 09:26AM  
Urban Fantasy Afi...: Interesting Writing Tips Blogs 22 24 May 29, 2014 06:21AM  
SciFi and Fantasy...: This topic has been closed to new comments. What are you reading Now? 5469 3826 Aug 11, 2015 11:09AM  
Cozy Mysteries : This topic has been closed to new comments. Title and Author Game, Round 2 15570 1209 Mar 21, 2016 09:15AM  
A Stitcher's Book...: What'd you read in September? 42 20 Sep 30, 2016 09:52PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Dean to Goodreads.