Andy Gavin: Author

Co-founder of video game developer Naughty Dog and co-creator of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter has a lifelong passion for storytelling. Turning his focus to writing, he’s crafted a pair of fantasy novels that bring to life versions of our world where all the myths that should be true, are.

His debut novel, The Darkening Dream, fuses intense action with a love of history and all things supernatural. On the eve before creation God created ten special things, among them the Archangel Gabriel’s horn, destined to sound the End of Days. But what happens if you’re a seventeen year-old girl and an ancient evil thinks it’s hidden in your basement?Learn More

His second novel Untimed, chronicles the crazy adventures of a boy no one remembers, who falls through a hole in time and finds himself lost in the past.Learn More

After the Con

Check out this online round table I participated in. Four of us fantasy authors and video game fans gabbing for an hour -- but lots of fun.

Untimed Bundle For Sale!

My Time Travel novel Untimed is available as part of a StoryBundle of awesome SciFi & Fantasy books!

Untimed but not Unbundled

Untimed and seven other great SciFi/Fantasy titles will be bundled together on April 15!

Untimed Free!

The Kindle E-Book versions of Untimed will be FREE Monday, August 25 and Tuesday the 26th!

Amazon Wins Again

Well, I've once again made my books Amazon exclusive. I've been debating it for a while, and the new Kindle Unlimited served as the tipping point...

Untimed, Unheard no More

Over a year in production, the Untimed audiobook is finally unleashed!

Dream a Little Dream

The e-book versions of The Darkening Dream will be on sale for only 99 cents this week through at least Friday February 14th!

Hark, I hear The Darkening Dream

Ten months in the making, The Darkening Dream audiobook is finally ready!

Untimed on the Cheap

Untimed is on sale the week of September 2 for just $0.99 cents!

Summer Night’s Dream Sale

The Darkening Dream e-books are on sale for just $0.99 until June 7!

The Trade Paperback is Launched!

January 17, 2012
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I got the latest proofs back from CreateSpace for my novel, The Darkening Dream, and they are looking great. While there are perhaps a few little tweaks possible to make them perfect, the presses are ready to roll, so I turned it on.

Paperback Getting Close

January 12, 2012
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The “beta” of The Darkening Dream‘s Trade Paperback cover has come in and I submitted another proof. With any luck I might get it on sale next week, the week after for sure. The interior layout has been complete for
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The Final Cover

January 5, 2012
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The final version of The Darkening Dream cover is finally ready!

Special Prize Winners

January 3, 2012
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The first round of the crazy Naughty Dark Contest already has not one, but two special prize winners! Both winners also wanted signed copies of the original Crash Bandicoot. Thank you!!

For sale at B&N and Google

January 3, 2012
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The Darkening Dream is now for sale at Barnes and Noble and the Google bookstore.

Announcing the Naughty Dark Contest

January 2, 2012
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This is the kickoff post for my new experimental — and hopefully permanent — giveaway program. Via this contest you, dear reader, will have the opportunity to win signed copies of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games as well as my
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Cover Takes – Opinions Wanted!

December 31, 2011
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Even after the product launch has begun, I’m still tinkering. My current cover now has an awesome image, but the overall effect isn’t quite bookish enough. So in the interest of total transparency I’ll continue to let you in on every intermediate step of the creative process.

Kotaku Dreams

December 30, 2011
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Gaming site Kotaku has run a quick little feature on The Darkening Dream today. What do you do after founding and retiring from one of video games’ most successful development houses? If you’re Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin, you write
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The Look – Pastor Parris

December 29, 2011
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Pastor John Parris is the junior of my two point of view villains in The Darkening Dream. Given the kind of occult woodblock look I’ve been developing I tend to focus on the character’s magical nature to develop their icon. With Parris
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11 reasons you should buy The Darkening Dream

December 26, 2011
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1. It’s a great book.
2. It’s only $2.99 — but the price might go up soon.
3. You loved Crash Bandicoot.
4. The girl on the cover is really cute…

The Darkening Dream for Christmas!

December 25, 2011
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As a surprise move, I’m stealth launching The Darkening Dream — right now! — although only the Kindle edition. If your stocking has been stuffed with a brand new Kindle, or you already have one, or you read on the
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The Look – al-Nasir

December 24, 2011
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In the process of developing the interior look of my book, The Darkening Dream, I wanted to create glyphs to represent each point of view character. In general, despite my big library of occult titles, I find a lot of references on
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New Cover Art is here!

December 22, 2011
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The new cover for The Darkening Dream is almost done! It still needs a few tweaks and real titles, but it’s real close. As I’ve discussed before, I commissioned a new cover a couple weeks ago from artist Cliff Nielsen, worked through a whole batch of ideas and sketches, shot the model in the studio, and voila!

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