Aaron Johnston
Aaron Johnston is an American 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 co-authored 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 for Marvel comics include Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Formic Wars, League War, and Mazer in Prison.[3][6]
He is a writer for BYUtv's original series Extinct[7] and provides the voice for Blue Drone in the series.
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 | |
The Hive | 2019 | Ender's Game | Novel |
Comics
Title | Year | Series | Format | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mazer in Prison | 2010 | Ender's Game | Comic | |
Ender in Exile | 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. ProQuest 1024819087.
- Pitt, David (6 July 2013). "Reissued Hollywood memoir a winner". Winnipeg Free Press. ProQuest 1398033505.
- Harding, Natasha (1 August 2004). "Earth Awakens". The Sun. ProQuest 1550069563.
- "Earth Awakens; book review". Gold Coast Bulletin. 5 August 2014. ProQuest 1550874346.
- "Aaron Johnston". Comic Vine. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- "BYUtv announces new sci-fi series 'Extinct' for 2017". Deseret News. 16 September 2016. ProQuest 1819678515.
- "Posing As People". Hatrack.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.