News through 2006, and writes for other magazines and newspapers on an occasional basis. He also works as a consultant for businesses, primarily in the online and financial fields. In 2009, Scalzi was a creative consultant on science-fiction television show Stargate Universe. He was credited as such for 39 episodes. On April 1, 2011, Tor Books collaborated with Scalzi on an April Fool's prank, with Tor claiming "Tor Books is proud to announce the launch of John Scalzi's new fantasy trilogy, The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, which kicks off with book one: The Dead City." This excerpt from an imaginary novel took on a life of its own, winning the 2011 Tor.com Readers' Choice Awards for short fiction. It was also nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. This was followed up on April 1, 2013 by an "announcement" about a musical production based on the series. Scalzi was the writer for the 2015 mobile device video game by Industrial Toys, called Midnight Star. Scalzi wrote the story for the prequel to the game, in a graphic novel called Midnight Rises. On March 30, 2016, the Los Angeles Times announced that Scalzi was one of ten "Critics-at-Large" who would contribute to the newspaper as a columnist writing on literature and culture. Personal life He met his wife Kristine Ann Blauser when he was living in Fresno, and they married in 1995. His only child, a daughter named Athena, was born in 1998. He and his family live in Bradford, Ohio, where they moved to be closer to his wife's family. Scalzi has declared himself a feminist and, formerly, a Rockefeller Republican, though he currently supports the Democratic Party. He supports same-sex marriage and the LGBTQ community. Bibliography Series fiction Old Man's War universe Old Man's War (2005, Tor Books, ) Questions for a Soldier (December 2005, chapbook, Subterranean Press, ) The Ghost Brigades (February 2006, Tor Books, ) The Sagan Diary (February 2007, Subterranean Press, ) The Last Colony (April 2007, Tor Books, ) Zoe's Tale (August 2008, Tor Books, ) After the Coup (July 2008, ebook, Tor.com, ) The Human Division (January – April 2013, serialized ebooks; collected, May 2013, Tor Books, ) The End of All Things (June 2015, serialized ebooks; collected, August 2015, Tor Books, ) The Android's Dream universe The Android's Dream (October 2006, Tor Books, ) Judge Sn Goes Golfing