Vaughn Heppner

Vaughn Heppner is a Canadian author of Thriller, Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. Heppner was born in Canada and moved to Central California before seventh grade. Not knowing what to do with his life, Heppner became miserable and desperate until the day one of his good friends gave him a typewriter, and he immediately began writing a novel.

The best place to start is the Lost Civilization series, the earliest of Vaughn Heppner's multi-book series: it opens with Giants (2001) and runs to 10 books across 2001–2021, ending with The Blade of Elohim (2021). Vaughn Heppner's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Vaughn Heppner has 162 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2026. 139 of them belong to 17 named series — the largest being the Lost Starship series with 25 books — and 23 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Vaughn Heppner's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lost Civilization (2001–2021, 10 books), Doom Star (2010–2014, 8 books) and Ark Chronicles (2010, 4 books), plus 13 more.

This guide splits Vaughn Heppner's 162 books into 17 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lost Starship (25 books, 2014–2026); Lost Civilization (10 books, 2001–2021); The Traveler (9 books, 2022–2025); The A.I. (8 books, 2017–2020); Doom Star (8 books, 2010–2014), plus 12 further series.