Dave Wolverton

{{short description|American speculative fiction writer (1957–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox writer  | name = Dave Wolverton | image = Dave Wolverton at CONduit 17.png | imagesize = | caption = Wolverton in 2007 | pseudonym = David Farland | birth_name = John David Wolverton | birth_date = {{birth date|1957|05|28}} | birth_place = Springfield, Oregon, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|01|14|1957|05|15}} | death_place = St. George, Utah, U.S. | resting_place = Tonaquint Cemetery, St. George, Utah | alma_mater = Brigham Young University | occupation = Writer, writing teacher | period = 1985–2022 | genre = Science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = {{unbulleted list|''Runelords''|''The Courtship of Princess Leia''|''Nightingale''|''Ravenspell''}} | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.davidfarland.com/}} }}

'''John David Wolverton''' (May 28, 1957 – January 14, 2022), better known by his pen names '''Dave Wolverton''' and '''David Farland''', was an American author, editor, and instructor of online writing workshops and groups. He wrote in several genres but was known best for his science fiction and fantasy works. He wrote 24 stories for the Star Wars franchise and 3 for the Mummy franchise. Books in his Runelords series were international bestsellers and hit the ''New York Times'' bestsellers list.

In 1987, he won the Writers of the Future contest. He was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1990. He died in the early morning of January 14, 2022. He lived in St. George, Utah, with his wife at the time of his death.

==Life and career== Wolverton was born May 28, 1957,<ref name="birthdate" group="n">Some sources give his birth date as May 15. His official obituary gives May 28.</ref> in Springfield, Oregon to Jack and Lola Jean Wolverton.<ref name="wolverton obituary"/><ref name="locus 20220114"/> His family moved to a farm in Monroe when he was six years old, where he grew up and graduated from Monroe High School. Following graduation, he served a volunteer mission in Illinois for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref name="wolverton obituary"/> Afterward, he attended Ricks College before transferring to Brigham Young University. He met his wife, Mary, there, and they married in the Provo Utah Temple on June 22, 1985. He and his wife had two daughters and three sons.<ref name="wolverton obituary"/>

He began writing in 1985 during college,<ref name="daily universe 20001022"/> publishing the short story "The Sky Is an Open Highway" in the fall 1985 issue of ''The Leading Edge''.<ref name="locus 20220114"/><ref name="sfe entry"/> Following that, he entered short stories into various contests, eventually winning first place in the 1987 Writers of the Future contest with the novella "On My Way to Paradise".<ref name="locus 20220114"/> The story was expanded into the novel of the same name, published in 1989 through Bantam Spectra.<ref name="locus 20220114"/> The novel was nominated for the Locus Award and Philip K. Dick Award.<ref name="sfe entry"/><ref name="isfdb on my way to paradise novel"/>

He became a judge for the Writers of the Future contest in 1991 and was the Coordinating Judge and Editor at the time of his death.<ref name="daily universe 20001022"/><ref name="wotf bio"/> After co-editing volume 8 with Algis Budrys in 1992, he took over editing of the annual anthology from volume 9 until volume 14 before passing the role back to Algis Budrys.<ref name="isfdb wotf series"/> Wolverton again took over editing the anthology from K. D. Wentworth, beginning with volume 29 and continuing through volume 37.<ref name="isfdb wotf series"/>

His historical novel, ''In the Company of Angels'', won the 2009 Whitney Award for best novel of the year, and was a finalist in the best historical novel category.<ref name="whitney 2009"/><ref name="isfdb whitney 2009"/> Wolverton also received an outstanding achievement award at the 2009 Whitneys.<ref name="isfdb whitney achievement 2009"/> In 2012, his young adult fantasy thriller ''Nightingale'' won the International Book Award for best Young Adult Novel of the Year,<ref name="intl book 2012"/> the Grand Prize at the Hollywood Book Festival,<ref name="hollywood book 2012"/> and the Southern California Book Festival for Best Young Adult Novel.<ref name="socal book fest 2012"/> It was also a finalist in the Global Ebook Awards.<ref name="global ebook 2012"/> He has been nominated for other awards, including the Nebula Award in the Best Novelette category for his short story "After a Lean Winter".<ref name="locus 20220114"/>

In the summer of 1998, Dave Wolverton broke the world record for the largest single author book signing which he achieved with ''A Very Strange Trip'', a book he wrote based on a story by L. Ron Hubbard. He wrote under his own name at the beginning of his career, changing to the pseudonym David Farland in the mid-1990s with the release of the first ''Runelords'' book. Wolverton chose the pseudonym in order to have a name more fitting for a Fantasy author and so his physical books would be shelved closer to customers' eye levels in bookstores, rather than on lower shelves as the last name Wolverton had.<ref name="wolverton obituary"/>

Wolverton worked as an English professor of creative writing at Brigham Young University from 1999 to 2002,<ref name="wolverton obituary"/> and held writing workshops for aspiring and established writers.<ref name="locus 20220114"/> The creative writing class he taught at BYU was taken over by one of his former students, Brandon Sanderson.<ref name="sanderson tribute"/> He taught other writers such as Brandon Mull, Jessica Day George, Eric Flint, Stephenie Meyer, James Dashner, as well as others.<ref name="farland writing workshops"/><ref name="abc4 20220114"/><ref name="swnn 20220115"/>

He worked in the gaming industry and greenlit screenplays in Hollywood. In 1998, Wolverton started working part-time at Saffire Studios, helping create video games. He was responsible for the concept of "lurkers" in the well-known RTS (Real-time strategy) game Starcraft: Brood War. In 2002, he began working as a movie producer and also greenlighted movies.<ref name="abc4 20220114"/><ref name="farland about official"/> He was working on a film adaptation of his Runelords series.<ref name="runelords movie"/>

On January 13, 2022, Wolverton suffered from a fall, resulting in a severe head injury and a hemorrhagic stroke.<ref name="locus 20220114"/><ref name="abc4 20220114"/> He was on life support until he died early the next morning at the age of 64 in St. George, Utah.<ref name="sfe entry"/><ref name="swnn 20220115"/><ref name="isfdb summary"/><ref name="kevin anderson post 2022"/><ref name="wolverton son post 2022"/> He was buried in the Tonaquint Cemetery in St. George, Utah.<ref name="wolverton obituary"/> At the time of his death he was known to be working on three books: A rewrite of 2011's ''Nightingale'', a new Runelords installment titled ''A Tale of Tales'', and a fourth book in his Ravenspell series titled ''S.W.A.R.M.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-08 |title=Update for 2021 |url=https://davidfarland.com/2021/01/08/update-for-2021/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=New York Times Bestselling Author David Farland |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Bibliography== {{main|Dave Wolverton bibliography}}

'''The Runelords''' * ''The Sum of All Men'' (also released as ''The Runelords'') (April 1998, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-312-86653-4}}) * ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (May 1999, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-312-86742-5}}) * ''Wizardborn'' (March 2001, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-312-86741-7}}) * ''The Lair of Bones'' (November 2003, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-765-30176-8}}) * ''Sons of the Oak'' (November 2006, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-765-30177-6}}) * ''Worldbinder'' (September 2007, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-765-31665-X}}) * ''The Wyrmling Horde'' (September 2008, Tor Books, {{isbn|978-0-7653-1666-0}}) * ''Chaosbound'' (October 2009, Tor Books, {{isbn|978-0-7653-2168-8}}) * ''A Tale of Tales'' (forthcoming)

'''Serpent Catch''' Originally released as two books: * ''Serpent Catch'' (May 1991, Bantam Spectra, {{isbn|0-553-28983-7}}) * ''Path of the Hero'' (April 1993, Bantam Spectra, {{isbn|0-553-56129-4}})

Rereleased as four books under his Farland pseudonym: * ''Spirit Walker'' (March 2014, WordFire Press, {{isbn|978-1-61475-157-1}}) * ''Serpent Catch'' (April 2014, WordFire Press, {{isbn|978-1-61475-159-5}}) * ''Blade Kin'' (April 2014, WordFire Press, {{isbn|978-1-61475-161-8}}) * ''Path of the Crushed Heart'' (April 2014, WordFire Press, {{isbn|978-1-61475-163-2}})

'''The Golden Queen''' Originally released as by Wolverton, later as by Farland: * ''The Golden Queen'' (August 1994, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-312-85656-3}}) * ''Beyond the Gate'' (August 1995, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-312-85770-5}}) * ''Lords of the Seventh Swarm'' (February 1997, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-312-85771-3}})

An omnibus was also released as by Farland. A related short story was also released: * ''Worlds of the Golden Queen'' (June 2005, Tor Books, {{isbn|0-765-31315-4}}) * "Saint Orick" in ''Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age'' edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt (December 2013, Every Day Publishing, {{isbn|978-0-9881257-5-9}})

'''Ravenspell''' A middle-grade fantasy series. * ''Of Mice and Magic'' (2005, Covenant, {{isbn|1-57734-918-0}}) * ''The Wizard of Ooze'' (2007, Covenant, {{isbn|978-1-59811-354-9}}) * ''Freaky Flyday'' (2015, David Farland Entertainment, {{isbn|978-1-61475-810-5}})

'''Star Wars''' * ''The Courtship of Princess Leia'' (May 1994, Bantam Spectra, {{isbn|0-553-08928-5}}) * ''The Rising Force'' (June 1999, Scholastic, {{isbn|0-590-51922-0}}) * ''The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker'' (February 2000, Scholastic, {{isbn|0-439-10143-3}}) * ''Capture Arawynne'' (March 2000, Scholastic, {{isbn|0-439-10144-1}}) * ''Trouble on Tatooine'' (April 2000, Scholastic, {{isbn|0-439-10145-X}}) * ''The Ghostling Children'' (January 2001, Scholastic, {{isbn|0-439-10142-5}})

'''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future''' Wolverton edited the following anthologies: * ''Volume VIII'' with Algis Budrys (1992, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|0-88404-772-5}}) * ''Volume IX'' (1993, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|0-88404-823-3}}) * ''Volume X'' (May 1994, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|0-88404-900-0}}) * ''Volume XI'' (June 1995, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|0-88404-999-X}}) * ''Volume XII'' (May 1996, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|1-57318-027-0}}) * ''Volume XIII'' (October 1997, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|1-57318-064-5}}) * ''Volume XIV'' (October 1998, Bridge Publications, {{isbn|1-57318-154-4}}) * ''Volume XXIX'' (June 2013, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-200-5}}) * ''Volume 30'' (February 2014, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-263-0}}) * ''Volume 31'' (May 2015, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-322-4}}) * ''Volume 32'' (May 2016, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-502-0}}) * ''Volume 33'' (April 2017, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-529-7}}) * ''Volume 34'' (April 2018, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-575-4}}) * ''Volume 35'' (April 2019, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-604-1}}) * ''Volume 36'' (April 2020, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-659-1}}) * ''Volume 37'' (November 2021, Galaxy Press, {{isbn|978-1-61986-701-7}})

==Selected awards and honors== Wolverton has been nominated for and won multiple awards for his various works.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:120px;"| Organization ! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Award title, Category ! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Work ! scope="col" style="width:10px;"| Result ! scope="col" style="width:10px;"| Refs  |- | rowspan="2" | 1987 | rowspan="2" | Writers of the Future | Fourth Quarter First Place | rowspan="2" | "On My Way to Paradise" | {{won}} | rowspan="2" | <ref name="wotf 1987"/> |- | Golden Pen Award | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3" | 1990 | rowspan="2" | ''Locus'' | Locus Award, Best First Novel | ''On My Way to Paradise'' | {{nom|3}} | rowspan="2" | <ref name="isfdb locus award 1990"/> |- | Locus Award, Best Science Fiction Novel | ''On My Way to Paradise'' | {{nom|26}} |- | Philadelphia Science Fiction Society | Philip K. Dick Award | ''On My Way to Paradise'' | {{nom|Honorable mention}} | <ref name="isfdb pkd 1990"/> |- | rowspan="2" | 1997 | ''Locus'' | Locus Award, Best Novelette | rowspan="2" | "After a Lean Winter" | {{nom|14}} | <ref name="isfdb locus award 1997"/> |- | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nebula Award, Best Novelette | {{nom}} | <ref name="isfdb nebula 1997"/> |- | 2005 | Association for Mormon Letters | AML Award, Young Adult Literature | ''Of Mice and Magic'' | {{nom|Honorable mention}} | <ref name="isfdb aml 2005"/> |- | 2008 | LDStorymakers | Whitney Award, Best Speculative Fiction | ''The Wyrmling Horde'' | {{nom|Finalist}} | <ref name="isfdb whitney 2008"/> |- | rowspan="3" | 2009 | rowspan="3" | LDStorymakers | Whitney Award, Best Historical Fiction | rowspan="2" | ''In the Company of Angels'' | {{nom|Finalist}} | rowspan="3" | <ref name="isfdb whitney 2009"/> |- | Whitney Award, Best Novel of the Year | {{won}} |- | Whitney Award, Outstanding Achievement | – | {{won}} |}

==Notes== {{reflist|group="n"}}

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<ref name="isfdb pkd 1990">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?32+1990 |title=1990 Philip K. Dick Award |website=isfdb.org |access-date=January 20, 2022 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114185211/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?32+1990 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="isfdb summary">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1628 |title=Summary Bibliography: Dave Wolverton |website=isfdb.org |date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220114165513/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1628 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="isfdb whitney 2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?93+2008 |title=2008 Whitney Award |website=isfdb.org |access-date=January 20, 2022 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120234719/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?93+2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="isfdb whitney 2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?93+2009 |title=2009 Whitney Award |website=isfdb.org |access-date=January 20, 2022 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120235237/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?93+2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="isfdb whitney achievement 2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/eaw.cgi?1628 |title=Award Bibliography: Dave Wolverton |website=isfdb.org |access-date=January 14, 2022 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220114184355/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/eaw.cgi?1628 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="isfdb wotf series">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?8224 |title=Series: Writers of the Future |website=isfdb.org |date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220114181921/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?8224 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="kevin anderson post 2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheKJA/posts/10160207550497044 |title=It's a terribly sad day. |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=January 14, 2022 |website=Facebook |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220114161424/https://www.facebook.com/DavidFarlandEntertainment/posts/10158837302564164 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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<ref name="runelords movie">{{cite web |title=The Runelords Movie |url=http://runelordsmovie.com/ |access-date=December 5, 2012 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102140153/http://runelordsmovie.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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<ref name="sfe entry">{{cite web |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wolverton_dave |title=Wolverton, Dave |date=January 17, 2022 |first1=Peter |last1=Nicholls |first2=John |last2=Clute |first3=David |last3=Langford |publisher=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220117221119/https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wolverton_dave |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="socal book fest 2012">{{cite web |title=2012 Southern California Book Festival Names Winners |url=http://www.southerncaliforniabookfestival.com/ |work=The Southern California Book Festival |access-date=December 5, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="swnn 20220115">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2022/01/dave-wolverton-creator-of-dathomir-and-the-nightsisters-has-died-at-64.html |title=Dave Wolverton, Creator of Dathomir and the Nightsisters, Has Died at 64 |first=Eric |last=Lentz |date=January 15, 2022 |publisher=Star Wars News Net |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220117215028/https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2022/01/dave-wolverton-creator-of-dathomir-and-the-nightsisters-has-died-at-64.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="whitney 2009">{{cite web |title=2009 Winners |url=http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/winners/2009-winners/ |work=Whitney Awards |access-date=December 5, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="wolverton obituary">{{cite web |url=https://www.mcmillanmortuary.com/obituary/David-Wolverton |title=David Wolverton |publisher=McMillan Mortuary |access-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120225434/https://www.mcmillanmortuary.com/obituary/David-Wolverton |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="wolverton son post 2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/DavidFarlandEntertainment/posts/10158837302564164 |title=Again this Dave's son Spencer. |first=Spencer |last=Wolverton |date=January 14, 2022 |website=Facebook |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220114161424/https://www.facebook.com/DavidFarlandEntertainment/posts/10158837302564164 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="wotf bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.writersofthefuture.com/writer-judges/writer-judges-david-farland/ |title=David Farland: Writer Judge – Biography |publisher=Writers of the Future |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220114181545/https://www.writersofthefuture.com/writer-judges/writer-judges-david-farland/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.davidfarland.com/ David Farland's Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819003118/https://davidfarland.com/ |date=August 19, 2022 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160422162627/http://www.nightingalenovel.com/ Nightingale's Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102140153/http://runelordsmovie.com/ Official website for the Runelords Movie] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002063129/http://www.runelords.com/journal/ David Farland's Blog] *{{isfdb name|id=Dave_Wolverton|name=Dave Wolverton}}

'''Interviews''' * [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/25p0.html Interview] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160335/http://www.wotmania.com/fantasymessageboardshowmessage.asp?MessageID=76307 Interview on wotmania.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150216054728/https://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com/david.htm Hollywood Book Festival Interview] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322032430/http://www.diyconvention.com/interview-with-david-farland-author-of-the-novel-nightingale/ Interview about Nightingale]

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