Frank Herbert was born in 1920 at Tacoma, Washington, U.S A., where he lived with his wife and children.

Well known as a short story writer and as a professional photographer, he studied such diverse subjects as undersea geology, marine architecture, navigation, semantics, psychology, jungle botany, and oriental religions.

During the Second World War he was an accredited photographer with the U.S. Navy, and he has also worked as a newspaperman, oyster-diver, judo instructor, TV cameraman, radio news commentator, jungle survival instructor, and lay analyst.

Frank Herbert travelled in most parts of North and South America.

A journalist, ecologist, conservationist, Science Fiction writer, and fantasist. Herbert lived most of his life in the Pacific Ocean states area of California, Washington, and Hawaii. Frank was a scientist, in fact if not in degree, and studied undersea geology, psychology, navigation, and jungle botany. Herbert's acreage on Olympic Peninsula in Washington state was turned into a self-supporting ecology and demonstration project.

Herbert's first published SF work was in 1952 for  Startling Stories entitled "Looking for Something." The major career break for Frank came after John Campbell serialized  Dune in 1963-4 for the new  Analog . Two more  Dune books followed,  Dune Messiah and  Children of Dune creating a Dune Trilogy. Some years later, three more Dune books were added.

Herbert's livelihood career was as a newspaperman, working many of the west coast cities from Los Angeles to Washington state with 10 years spent with the San Francisco  Examiner . He and his wife had three children, one of whom, Brian Herbert, became a SF writer in his own right.

There was also the David Lynch Movie Of Dune. Which was based on Franks Book. There was a tremendous amount of movie footage and Frank always believed there was enough material for a 15 hour mini series. Which Frank was sure he could talk them into making.

Frank was diagnosed with cancer and though he believed he could beat it. It took his life one year later.