AARON ALLSTON

'Aaron Allston' (born 1960 in Corsicana, Texas) is an American novelist of many science fiction books, notably ''Star Wars'' novels. His works include those of the '' series: ''Wraith Squadron'', ''Iron Fist'', ''Solo Command'', ''Starfighters of Adumar''. He has also written two entries in the ''New Jedi Order'' series: '', and ''. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: ''Betrayal'', ''Exile'', and ''Fury''.

Contents

Biography

Selected bibliography

Doc Sidhe

Star Wars

X-Wing

The New Jedi Order

Legacy of the Force

Terminator

Non-fiction

External links

References

Biography

Allston moved all over Texas in his youth and graduated from high school in Denton. Allston moved to Austin in 1979 and attended the University of Texas. He became editor of ''Space Gamer'' magazine and by 1983 was a full time freelance game designer. He branched into writing and by the mid 1990s had two novels under his belt.
He began writing on the ''Star Wars X-Wing'' series in 1997, when the primary sequence writer Michael Stackpole could not handle the entire workload. Stackpole had worked with Allston in the gaming industry years earlier. In 2006, Allston launched the ''The Legacy of the Force'' series with a hardcover entitled ''Betrayal''.
In 2005, Allston made his directoral debut on the independent film ''Deadbacks'', which he also wrote and produced. The project is in post production.
Allston lives in Round Rock, Texas.

Selected bibliography

Doc Sidhe

★ ''Doc Sidhe'' (1995)

★ ''Sidhe-Devil'' (2001)

Star Wars

X-Wing

★ ''Wraith Squadron'' (1998)

★ ''Iron Fist'' (1998)

★ ''Solo Command'' (1999)

★ ''Starfighters of Adumar'' (1999)

The New Jedi Order

★ '' {2002)

★ '' {2002)

Legacy of the Force

★ ''Betrayal'' (2006)

★ ''Exile'' (2007)

★ ''Fury'' (2007)

Terminator

★ ''Terminator 3 Terminator Dreams'' (2003)

★ ''Terminator Hunt'' (2004)

Non-fiction

★ ''Strike Force'' (1988)

★ ''Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia'' (1991)

★ ''Complete Ninja's Handbook'' (1995)

★ ''Champions'', Fifth Edition (2002)

External links

★ Aaron Allston's Homepage

★ Deadbacks Home Page

★ Pen & Paper listing for Aaron Allston

★ Aaron Allston @ FantasticFiction.co.uk

References

★ Salamon, Jeff. (May 19, 2005). "So a guy walks into the Mos Eisley cantina . . .". ''Austin American-Statesman''. pp E1, E9.