Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle . He worked a wide variety of jobs - including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of northern West Coast newspapers - before becoming a full-time reporter In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with "Looking for Something?" in Starting Stories. But his true emergence as a writer of major status did not occur until 1965, with the publication of Dune. Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune followed, completing the saga that the Chicago Tribune would call "one of the monuments of modern science fiction. "Herbert is also the author of some twenty other books, including The Jesus Incident, The Dosadi Experiment, and Destination: Void. He died in 1986.