Several other novels, including the Icerigger trilogy, are also set in the world of the Commonwealth. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Commonwealth, a galactic alliance between humans and an insectlike race called Thranx. This interest is carried over to his writing, but with a twist: the new places encountered in his books are likely to be on another planet, and the people may belong to an alien race.įoster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. Foster lives in Arizona with his wife, but he enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968, and a M.F.A. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Common Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California.

Foster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. This interest is carried over to his writing, but with a twist: the new places encountered in his books are likely to be on another planet, and the people may belong to an alien race. Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California.

Aliens by Alan Dean Foster