Family: Born October 8, 1920, in Tacoma, WA; died of complications following cancer surgery, February 11 (some sources say February 12), 1986, in Madison, WI; son of Frank and Eileen Marie (McCarthy) Herbert; married Flora Parkinson, March, 1941 (divorced, 1945); married Beverly Ann Stuart, June 23, 1946; marriage ended; married third wife, Theresa; children: Penny (Mrs. D. R. Merritt), Brian Patrick, Bruce Calvin. Education: Attended University of Washington, 1946-47. Memberships: World without War Council (member of national council, 1970-73; member of Seattle council, 1972-86).

SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS

• The Dragon in the Sea (originally serialized in Amazing Science Fiction as Under Pressure), Doubleday, 1956, published as Twenty-first Century Sub, Avon, 1956, published as Under Pressure, Ballantine, 1974.
• The Green Brain (originally serialized in Amazing Stories), Berkley Publishing, 1966.
• Destination: Void (originally serialized in Galaxy; also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1966, revised edition, 1978.
• The Eyes of Heisenberg (originally serialized in Galaxy), Berkley Publishing, 1966.
• The Heaven Makers (originally serialized in Amazing Stories), Avon, 1968.
• The Santaroga Barrier (originally serialized in Amazing Stories), Berkley Publishing, 1968.
• Whipping Star (originally serialized in If; also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1970.
• The God Makers (also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1971.
• Hellstrom's Hive (based on the film The Hellstrom Chronicle; originally serialized in Galaxy as Project 40), Doubleday, 1973.
• The Dosadi Experiment (sequel to Whipping Star; also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1977.
• (With Bill Ransom) The Jesus Incident (also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1979.
• Direct Descent, Ace Books, 1980.
• Priests of Psi (also see below), Gollancz, 1980.
• The White Plague, Putnam, 1982.
• (With Ransom) The Lazarus Effect, Putnam, 1983.
• Worlds beyond Dune: The Best of Frank Herbert (contains The Jesus Incident, Whipping Star, Destination: Void, The God Makers, and The Dosadi Experiment), Berkley Publishing, 1987.
• (With son, Brian Herbert) Man of Two Worlds, Ace Books, 1987.
• (With Ransom) The Ascension Factor, Ace Books, 1989.

• Dune (originally serialized in Analog; also see below), Chilton, 1965, twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Ace Books, 1990.
• Dune Messiah (originally serialized in Galaxy; also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1970.
• Children of Dune (also see below), Berkley Publishing, 1976.
• The Illustrated Dune, Berkley Publishing, 1978.
• The Great Dune Trilogy (contains Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune), Gollancz, 1979.
• God Emperor of Dune (Literary Guild selection; excerpt appeared in Playboy), Berkley Publishing, 1981.
• Heretics of Dune, Putnam, 1984.
• Chapterhouse: Dune, Putnam, 1985.

• (With others) Five Fates, Doubleday, 1970.
• The Worlds of Frank Herbert, Ace Books, 1970.
• The Book of Frank Herbert, DAW Books, 1972.
• The Best of Frank Herbert, Sphere Books, 1974.
• The Priests of Psi, and Other Stories, Gollancz, 1980.
• Eye ("Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy" series), edited by Byron Preiss, illustrated by Jim Burns, Berkley Publishing, 1985.

• (Editor) New World or No World (interviews), Ace Books, 1970.
• Soul Catcher (fiction), Berkley Publishing, 1972.
• Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience (nonfiction), Ballantine, 1973.
• (Editor with others) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Holt, 1974.
• Sandworms of Dune (recording), Caedmon, 1978.
• The Truths of Dune (recording), Caedmon, 1979.
• The Battles of Dune (recording), Caedmon, 1979.
• (With Max Barnard) Without Me You're Nothing: The Essential Guide to Home Computers (nonfiction), Simon & Schuster, 1981.
• (Editor) Nebula Awards Fifteen (anthology), Harper, 1981.
• The Dune Encyclopedia, edited by Willis E. McNelly, Putnam, 1984.
• The Maker of Dune, edited by Timothy O'Reilly, Berkeley Publishing, 1987.
• (Author of foreword) Bryan Brewer, editor, Eclipse, second edition, Earth View, 1991.
• The Songs of Muad'Dib: The Poetry of Frank Herbert, edited by B. Herbert, Ace Books, 1992.
• (With Sonny Detmer) Ty: The Ty Detmer Story as told to Brenton Yorgason, Bookcraft (Salt Lake City, UT), 1992.

Also author of The Dune Coloring Book (fourteen volumes), Putnam. Contributor of fiction to Esquire, Galaxy, Amazing Stories, Analog, and other magazines. Dune has been translated into over fourteen languages.