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William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz
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William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz is the bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Halo: The Flood and the Legion of the Damned series. He grew up in the Seattle area, served as a medic with the Navy and the Marines, and graduated from the University of... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Work hard and hope for the best.
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My life in 8 words: "I have been incredibly fortunate."
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Dec 28, 2010
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils will be released on December 28, 2010 in Mass Market Paperback
Dec 28, 2010
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils is now available in Hardcover, eAudio
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StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils will be released on April 06, 2010 in Hardcover, eAudio
Apr 06, 2010
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils is now available in eBook
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StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils will be released on April 06, 2010 in eBook
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William C. Dietz Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Work hard and hope for the best. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. You know. Q. What’s your best quality? A. Loyalty. Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. A man working in a rice paddy in Asia. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. Myself at age 18 knowing everything I know now. Learn more about William C. Dietz

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GameSpot, March 14, 2012
...is, and it basically precludes me from picking up the iMass Effect/i books written by Drew Karpyshyn or William C. Dietz (four books, combined cost = $24). It also means I'm not going to get Admiral Anderson's backstory (iMass Effect: Revelation/i); Paul...
VideoGamer.com, February 8, 2012
...all sorts of grovelling noises, following the revelation that Mass Effect: Deception – a tie-in novel written by William C. Dietz – was littered with continuity errors. It was a thorough embarrassment for all concerned; in keeping with that spirit,...
Metro.co.uk, February 7, 2012
...wrong I was. My first warning should have come from the change of author. Now the author is William C. Dietz, as opposed to the author of the previous three books, Drew Karpyshyn. It wasn't until after I started reading the book that I learned he was also...
TeleRead, February 7, 2012
...the first game. But for whatever reason, the most recent novel, Mass Effect: Deception was farmed out to William C. Dietz, a writer who seems to write a lot of video game tie-ins. And all indications are that he did a poor job—fans of the game have...
FileFront.com Gaming Today, February 6, 2012
...writer, Drew Karpyshyn. While Karpyshyn is busy toiling away at Star War: The Old Republic , veteran game novelist William C. Dietz has taken up the standard. But fans have been cataloging a ton of errors in the novel. A lot of it is of the intense...
Virgin Media, February 6, 2012
...editions to feature the alterations. Last month it came to light that the novel, penned by sci-fi author William C. Dietz, and not Drew Karpyshyn (author of the three previous ME books and the first two ME games), feature a number of gaffs such as...
Game Informer Magazine, February 6, 2012
...Novel Errors 2,538 Views 18 The recent release of Mass Effect: Deception, a new novel written by William C. Dietz and published by Del Rey, didn't sit well with fans. Upon its release, a lengthy Google document was created outlining many of the book's...
GameSpot, February 12, 2012
...all this week when it announced that it would be essentially ipatching/i the latest Mass Effect novelization by William C. Dietz. A full log of the canonical errors in his book "Deception" can be found and sniggered at a...
GameSpot, February 11, 2012
...all this week when it announced that it would be essentially ipatching/i the latest Mass Effect novelization by William C. Dietz. A full log of the canonical errors in his book "Deception" can be found and sniggered at a...
VideoGamer.com, February 8, 2012
...all sorts of grovelling noises, following the revelation that Mass Effect: Deception – a tie-in novel written by William C. Dietz – was littered with continuity errors. It was a thorough embarrassment for all concerned; in keeping with that spirit,...
VideoGamer.com, February 8, 2012
...all sorts of grovelling noises, following the revelation that Mass Effect: Deception – a tie-in novel written by William C. Dietz – was littered with continuity errors. It was a thorough embarrassment for all concerned; in keeping with that spirit,...
Metro.co.uk, February 7, 2012
...wrong I was. My first warning should have come from the change of author. Now the author is William C. Dietz, as opposed to the author of the previous three books, Drew Karpyshyn. It wasn't until after I started reading the book that I learned he was also...
TeleRead, February 7, 2012
...the first game. But for whatever reason, the most recent novel, Mass Effect: Deception was farmed out to William C. Dietz, a writer who seems to write a lot of video game tie-ins. And all indications are that he did a poor job—fans of the game have...
VG247, February 6, 2012
...instances of re-characterisation. Deception is the fourth novel to be released, but the first to be written by William C Dietz as previous author Drew Karpyshyn, a BioWare scenario writer, was occupied with Star Wars: The Old Republic. It continues the...