Malcolm Scott Ciencin (September 1, 1962 – August 5, 2014) was an American author of adult and children's fiction. He co-authored several books with his wife Denise Ciencin. He was a New York Times bestselling author who wrote works in a variety of mediums including comic books.

Career

Among his works are novels written for the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game campaign settings. He also wrote books for the Dinotopia series. was a New York Times bestselling novelist of 90+ books from Simon & Schuster, Random House, Scholastic, Harper and many more. He had also written comic books, screenplays, and worked on video games. He created programs for Scholastic Books, designed trading cards, consulted on video games, directed and produced audio programs & TV commercials, and wrote in the medical field about neurosurgery and neurology. He first worked in TV production as a writer, producer and director.

Personal life

Ciencin lived in Sarasota, Florida with his wife (and sometimes co-author) Denise. He died in August 2014 of a blood clot to the brain.

Forgotten Realms

The Avatar Series

Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. Ciencin shared the pseudonym with Troy Denning, who wrote part 3 of the Avatar Series "Waterdeep," and James Lowder who edited the trilogy and wrote parts of "Tantras."

The Harpers

Robert Silverberg's Time Tours

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

The Wolves of Autumn

The Vampire Odyssey

The Nightmare Club

Published under the pseudonym Nick Baron.

WildC.A.T.S, Covert Action Teams

Dinotopia

The Elven Ways

The Lurker Files

Godzilla

Dinoverse

Gen13

Jurassic Park Adventures

Ciencin's Jurassic Park stories are original novels based on the Jurassic Park films rather than directly on Michael Crichton's work.

Buffyverse

Starfleet Corps of Engineers

Transformers

Kim Possible

EverQuest

Charmed

Kim Possible: Pick a Villain

Standalone novels

Comic books and other works

Scott Ciencin also wrote comic books. His credits include Original PSP Creation for Sony and Konami