Charles David Wendig (nicknamed Chuck Wendig; born April 22, 1976) is an American author, comic book writer, screenwriter, and blogger. He is best known for the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy.
Early life Wendig grew up in New Hope, Pennsylvania. He studied English and religion at Queens University of Charlotte and graduated in 1998.
Career
Wendig's short film, Pandemic 41.410806, −75.654259, co-written and directed by Lance Weiler, was selected for the 2011 Sundance Short Film Program.
In 2015, Archie Comics announced a new comic series co-written by Wendig and Adam Christopher, featuring a new version of their superhero The Shield.
Wendig was chosen in October 2015 as the writer of new Marvel ongoing comic book series Hyperion, based on the version of the character that appeared in Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers, alongside artist Nik Virella.
During the ComicsPRO 2016 annual meeting, Marvel Comics announced a five-issue comic book adaptation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to be co-written by Wendig and illustrated by Luke Ross, launching in June 2016.
In 2018, Marvel fired Wendig. According to Wendig, he was fired for "uncivil" tweets attacking Republicans and the GOP over the confirmation of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Bibliography
Gods & Monsters
Unclean Spirits (2013)
Mookie Pearl
The Blue Blazes (2013) The Hellsblood Bride (2015)
Spirit of the Century Universe
Dinocalypse Now (2012) Beyond Dinocalypse (2013)
Star Wars Universe
Aftermath Trilogy Aftermath (2015) Life Debt (2016) Empire's End (2017) From a Certain Point of View "We Don't Serve Their Kind Here" (2017) [SF]
The Heartland Trilogy
Under the Empyrean Sky (2013) Blightborn (2014) The Harvest (2015)
Short story:
The Wind Has Teeth Tonight (2014) [SF]
Tomes of the Dead
Double Dead (2011) Bad Blood (2012) [SF] The Complete Double Dead (2016) [O/1,2]
Wanderers
Wanderers (2019) Wayward (2022)
The Miriam Black series
Blackbirds (2012) Mockingbird (2012) The Cormorant (2013) Thunderbird (2017) The Raptor & the Wren (2018) Vultures (2019)
Standalone novels
Zer0es (2015) Invasive (2016) The Book of Accidents (2021) Dust & Grim (2021) Black River Orchard (2023) Monster Movie! (2024) The Staircase in the Woods (2025)
Collections
Irregular Creatures (2011)
References
External links
Interview: Star Wars Author Chuck Wendig Talks Creating New Stories Within the Universe – The Portalist, 2016