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ⓘ About A.C. Crispin
A.C. Crispin was a prolific American writer who was born on 5th April 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. A.C. Crispin was born as Ann Carol Tickell. She later passed away on 6th September 2013 at the age of 63 in Waldorf, Maryland, United States. She began her writing in 1983 and till she passed away in 2013. A.C. Crispin mainly wrote on the science fiction and had written about twenty-three novels that were all published. Besides these, she also wrote different Star Trek novelizations and created some original science fiction series like the Starbridge. As early as 1983, she had developed an interest in writing and was a writer of the tie-in novels. A.C. Crispin was also known for coming up with the backgrounds and even emotional lives of the screen character.
All Book Series by A.C. Crispin
The Crystal Gryphon
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1972 Anthology · Andre Norton
Silver May Tarnish
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2005 Anthology · Lyn McConchie,Andre Norton
V: The Original Miniseries
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 1984 Co-authored · Kenneth C. Johnson
The New England Resistance
Book 5 of 14 · published 1985 Anthology · Tim Sullivan
The Alien Swordmaster
Book 8 of 14 · published 1985 Anthology · S.P. Somtow,Somtow Sucharitkul
Prisoners and Pawns
Book 11 of 14 · published 1986 Anthology · Howard Weinstein
V: The Second Generation
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2007 Anthology · Kenneth C. Johnson
The Pirate Guidelines
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2007 Anthology · Joshamee Gibbs
The Klingon Gambit
Series opener · book 1 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Robert Vardeman
Entropy Effect
Book 2 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Vonda N. McIntyre,Leonard Nimoy,George Takei
The Covenant of the Crown
Book 3 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Howard Weinstein
Mutiny on the Enterprise
Book 8 of 113 · published 1983 Anthology · Robert Vardeman
The Trellisane Confrontation
Book 10 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · David Dvorkin
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Book 12 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · Vonda N. McIntyre,Harve Bennett
The Vulcan Academy Murders
Book 14 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · Jean Lorrah
Enterprise: The First Adventure
Book 25 of 113 · published 1986 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy
Strangers from the Sky
Book 27 of 113 · published 1987 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,Margaret Wander Bonanno
How Much for Just the Planet?
Book 30 of 113 · published 1987 Anthology · John M. Ford
Final Frontier
Book 32 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,Diane Carey
The Three-Minute Universe
Book 34 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Barbara Paul
Memory Prime
Book 36 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens
Prime Directive
Book 39 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens
The Pandora Principle
Book 42 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Carolyn Clowes
Home Is the Hunter
Book 44 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Dana Kramer-Rolls
Windows on a Lost World
Book 50 of 113 · published 1993 Anthology · V.E. Mitchell
Shadows on the Sun
Book 51 of 113 · published 1993 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek Phase II
Book 58 of 113 · published 1996 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Vulcan's Forge
Book 60 of 113 · published 1997 Anthology · Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz
Heart of the Sun
Book 61 of 113 · published 1997 Anthology · George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent
The Flaming Arrow
Book 65 of 113 · published 2000 Anthology · Jerry Oltion,Kathy Oltion
The Last Roundup
Book 70 of 113 · published 2002 Anthology · Christie Golden,Dayton Ward
Garth of Izar
Book 72 of 113 · published 2003 Anthology · George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent
The Case of the Colonist's Corpse
Book 74 of 113 · published 2004 Anthology · Tony Isabella,Bob Ingersoll
Burning Dreams
Book 75 of 113 · published 2006 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
Unspoken Truth
Book 79 of 113 · published 2010 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
A Choice of Catastrophes
Book 80 of 113 · published 2011 Anthology · Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster
The Shocks of Adversity
Book 87 of 113 · published 2013 Anthology · William Leisner
Seasons of Light and Darkness
Book 90 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael A. Martin
Serpents in the Garden
Book 91 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Jeffrey Mariotte
The More Things Change
Book 92 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Scott Pearson
Shadow of the Machine
Book 93 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Dayton Ward,Scott V. Harrison
Crisis of Consciousness
Book 96 of 113 · published 2015 Anthology · Dave Galanter
All That's Left
Book 98 of 113 · published 2015 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
The Latter Fire
Book 101 of 113 · published 2016 Anthology · James Swallow,Dayton Ward
The Face of the Unknown
Book 103 of 113 · published 2016 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The Captain's Oath
Book 104 of 113 · published 2019 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The Higher Frontier
Book 106 of 113 · published 2020 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Living Memory
Book 109 of 113 · published 2021 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Echoes in Eternity
Latest in the series · book 113 of 113 · published 2026 Anthology · David Mack
Encounter at Farpoint
Series opener · book 1 of 73 · published 1987 Anthology · David Gerrold
The Captain's Honor
Book 9 of 73 · published 1989 Anthology · David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin
Doomsday World
Book 12 of 73 · published 1990 Anthology · Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman
Chains of Command
Book 20 of 73 · published 1992 Anthology · Bill McCay,Eloise Flood
Foreign Foes
Book 30 of 73 · published 1994 Anthology · Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
Requiem
Book 31 of 73 · published 1994 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan
The Romulan Stratagem
Book 34 of 73 · published 1995 Anthology · Robert Greenberger
Possession
Book 39 of 73 · published 1996 Anthology · Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard
Klingon
Book 40 of 73 · published 1996 Anthology · Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith
The Soldiers of Fear
Book 41 of 73 · published 1996 Anthology · Dean Wesley Smith
Vectors
Book 53 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith
Red Sector
Book 54 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey
The First Virtue
Book 57 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman
The Forgotten War
Book 58 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · William R. Forstchen
The Genesis Wave Book One
Book 61 of 73 · published 2000 Anthology · John Vornholt
Vectors: Double Helix #2
Book 62 of 73 · published 2000 Anthology · Dean Wesley Smith
Diplomatic Implausibility
Book 63 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Maximum Warp: Book One
Book 65 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
Maximum Warp: Book Two
Book 66 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
The Genesis Wave, Book Two
Book 67 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · John Vornholt
The Genesis Wave, Book Three
Book 68 of 73 · published 2002 Anthology · John Vornholt
Takedown
Latest in the series · book 73 of 73 · published 2015 Anthology · John Jackson Miller
Alien: Covenant Origins
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2017 Anthology · Alan Dean Foster
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 1985
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10
Book 10 of 41 · published 1994
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11
Book 11 of 41 · published 1995
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12
Book 12 of 41 · published 1996
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13
Book 13 of 41 · published 1997
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14
Book 14 of 41 · published 1998
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15
Book 15 of 41 · published 1999
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16
Book 16 of 41 · published 2000
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17
Book 17 of 41 · published 2001
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18
Book 18 of 41 · published 2002
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19
Book 19 of 41 · published 2002
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20
Book 20 of 41 · published 2004
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21
Book 21 of 41 · published 2005
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22
Book 22 of 41 · published 2006
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23
Book 23 of 41 · published 2007
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24
Book 24 of 41 · published 2008
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25
Book 25 of 41 · published 2009
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26
Book 26 of 41 · published 2010
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27
Book 27 of 41 · published 2011
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28
Book 28 of 41 · published 2012
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29
Book 29 of 41 · published 2013
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30
Book 30 of 41 · published 2014
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31
Book 31 of 41 · published 2015
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32
Book 32 of 41 · published 2016
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33
Book 33 of 41 · published 2017
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34
Book 34 of 41 · published 2018
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35
Book 35 of 41 · published 2019
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36
Book 36 of 41 · published 2020
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37
Book 37 of 41 · published 2021
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38
Book 38 of 41 · published 2022
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39
Book 39 of 41 · published 2023
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40
Book 40 of 41 · published 2024
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2025
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
Book 2 of 3 · published 2010
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is A.C. Crispin?
A.C. Crispin was a prolific American writer who was born on 5th April 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. A.C. Crispin was born as Ann Carol Tickell. She later passed away on 6th September 2013 at the age of 63 in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.
Which A.C. Crispin series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Witch World: High Hallack Cycle series, the earliest of A.C. Crispin's multi-book series: it opens with The Crystal Gryphon (1972) and runs to 10 books across 1972–2005, ending with Silver May Tarnish (2005). A.C. Crispin's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has A.C. Crispin written?
A.C. Crispin has 276 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1972 and 2026. 270 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the V series with 14 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should A.C. Crispin's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. A.C. Crispin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Witch World: High Hallack Cycle (1972–2005, 10 books), Alien Movie (1979–2017, 5 books) and V (1984–2007, 14 books), plus 5 more.
How are A.C. Crispin's books organised into series?
This guide splits A.C. Crispin's 276 books into 11 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: V (14 books, 1984–2007); Witch World: High Hallack Cycle (10 books, 1972–2005); StarBridge (7 books, 1989–1998); Alien Movie (5 books, 1979–2017); Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy (3 books, 1997–1998), plus 6 further series.