On January 13-14, 2022, our beloved friend and Superstars co-founder Dave Wolverton (a.k.a. David Farland) passed away.
David Farland—also published as Dave Wolverton—began writing during college and entered short stories into various contests. His career began in 1987 when he won the top award in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest.
David became a judge for that contest in 1991. In addition, he edited the annual anthology before passing on the role to Algis Budrys in 1999. In 2011 he returned and served as lead judge and editor until he passed away in January of 2022.
He won several awards for his work. His novel On My Way to Paradise won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Special Award. His historical novel In the Company of Angels won the Whitney Award for best novel of the year. In 2012, his young adult fantasy thriller Nightingale won the International Book Award for best Young Adult Novel of the Year, the Grand Prize at The Hollywood Book Festival, and the NextGen Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel, as well as others.
In the summer of 1999 David broke the world record for the most books signed in one sitting, which he achieved with the novel A Very Strange Trip.