Brian Herbert (born 1947) is an American author. He lives in Washington State. He is the son of the famous science fiction author Frank Herbert.

Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna Sudanna.

With Kevin J. Anderson, Herbert has also written two trilogies of prequels to his father's landmark science fiction novel, Dune, as well as .

Herbert has also edited The Songs of Muad'dib, the Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune, and created The Dune Concordance.

His published novels include:

• Sidney's Comet (1983)
• The Garbage Chronicles (1985)
• Man of Two Worlds (1986) (with Frank Herbert)
• Sudanna, Sudanna (1986)
• Prisoners of Arionn (1987)
• The Race for God (1990)
• Memorymakers (1991) (with Marie Landis)
• Blood on the Sun (1996) (with Marie Landis)

Brian Herbert has recently collaborated with fellow writer Kevin J. Anderson to write a series of Dune prequels. His Dune series published by Tor Books includes:

• Dune: House Atreides
• Dune: House Harkonnen
• Dune: House Corrino
• Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
• Dune: The Machine Crusade
• Dune: The Battle of Corrin