Aaron Johnston

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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.[citation needed] 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]

His second pre Ender series includes “The Swarm” and “The Hive”. These are concluded with the final tales of the second Formic war relayed in “xxxxxx;” setting the stage for Orson Scott Card’s Enders Game series and the third Formic war.

His comic credits for Marvel comics include Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Formic Wars, League War, and Mazer in Prison.[3][5]

He is a writer for BYUtv's original series Extinct[6] and provides the voice for Blue Drone in the series.

His play Lifeloop is an adaptation of Orson Scott Card's short story.[7]

Johnston is a Mormon. He first met Card when he was in the same LDS stake as him in North Carolina.[citation needed]

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
2011 Ender's Game Comic
2012 Ender's Game Comic

Filmography[]

Title Year Notes
Ender's Game 2013 Associate producer
Extinct (TV series) 2017 Writer

Notes[]

  1. ^ Herald, Court Mann Daily. "Co-authors Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston discuss new 'Ender's Game' prequels". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  2. ^ Haddock, Marc (14 July 2012). "Book review: 'Earth Unaware' a promising prequel set up for 'Formic War' series". Deseret News. ProQuest 1024819087.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Pitt, David (6 July 2013). "Reissued Hollywood memoir a winner". Winnipeg Free Press. ProQuest 1398033505.
  4. ^ "Earth Awakens; book review". Gold Coast Bulletin. 5 August 2014. ProQuest 1550874346.
  5. ^ "Aaron Johnston". Comic Vine. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "BYUtv announces new sci-fi series 'Extinct' for 2017". Deseret News. 16 September 2016. ProQuest 1819678515.
  7. ^ "Posing As People". Hatrack.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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