Yancey, Rick
Entry updated 28 September 2026. Tagged: Author.
Working name of Richard Yancey (1962- ) US author, mostly of fantasy and horror, including his first two series, the Alfred Kropp sequence beginning with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (2005), an Arthurian fantasy set in the modern world with various Secret Masters vying over the proper use of the sword Excalibur, and the Monstrumologist sequence beginning with The Monstrumologist (2009; vt The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath 2009), which is horror. Of sf interest is his third series, the Young Adult 5th Wave trilogy comprising The 5th Wave (2013), The Infinite Sea (2014) and The Last Star (2016), which begins in medias res at some point after the first waves of Alien Invasion have separated the young protagonist from her family (her parents dead, her brother abducted); she must face living in the wild, much combat (see Military SF), and the need to avoid individual aliens, disguised as humans (see Identity; Paranoia) with orders to shoot genuine humans at sight. There is considerable action, which the second and third volumes reprise. The first volume was filmed as The 5th Wave (2016) directed by J Blakeson. [JC]
Richard Yancey
born Miami, Florida: 4 November 1962
works
series
Alfred Kropp
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005) [Alfred Kropp: hb/Nicholas Yarger]
- The Seal of Solomon (New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2007) [Alfred Kropp: hb/Ian Keltie]
- The Thirteenth Skull (London: Bloomsbury, 2008) [Alfred Kropp: pb/Steinar Lund]
Monstrumologist
- The Monstrumologist (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009) [Monstrumologist: hb/]
- The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath (London: Simon and Schuster, 2009) [vt of the above: Monstrumologist: pb/]
- The Curse of the Wendigo (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010) [Monstrumologist: hb/]
- Curse of the Wendigo (London: Simon and Schuster, 2010) [vt of the above: Monstrumologist: pb/]
- The Isle of Blood (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011) [Monstrumologist: hb/]
- The Final Descent (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011) [Monstrumologist: hb/]
5th Wave
- The 5th Wave (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 2013) [5th Wave: hb/]
- The Infinite Sea (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 2014) [5th Wave: hb/]
- The Last Star (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 2016) [5th Wave: hb/]
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