Aaron Allston

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"How much research was necessary before you began to write?"
"A lot. I wish I'd had time to do more. I read every Star Wars technical manual I could get my hands on, plus Stackpole's novels, Zahn's novels, other novels in which Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron make appearances, comic books, and several of West End's Star Wars game supplements. I watched the movie trilogy repeatedly. I played the X-Wing computer game. I bought eight of the Action Fleet toys and used them for measurements and estimations of their performance in atmosphere. I read books on aircraft carrier life and pilot survival."

―Jim Fisher interviews Aaron Allston^[src]

Aaron Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was the author of thirteen Star Wars novels, and several short stories. His repertoire included the Wraith Squadron Trilogy, X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar, the Enemy Lines Duology, three of the nine-book Legacy of the Force series, followed by three of the nine-book Fate of the Jedi series, and returned to penning the adventures of the Wraith Squadron with X-Wing: Mercy Kill. He also wrote the Clone Wars short stories The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff and League of Spies. He passed away on February 27, 2014.

Biography

Aaron Allston was born in Corsicana, Texas in 1960. He began writing at the age of 11; his first short story at 14 and his first novel at 16. He moved to Austin, Texas to study journalism at the University of Texas while writing on the side.

In 1980, he was hired by game designer and publisher Steve Jackson as circulation manager for Space Gamer magazine, and over the next two years became assistant editor and then editor of the magazine. He also began designing game supplements on a freelance basis, for Steve Jackson Games and then for Hero Games.

In 1983 he went freelance full-time as a game designer, working mostly for Champions publisher Hero Games and Dungeons & Dragons publisher TSR.

His first novel—Web of Danger—was published in 1988, and his second—Galatea in 2-D—in 1993. He gradually moved from game design to full-time fiction writing. During a convention for Omen, Allston had a heart attack, causing Backlash to come out later than expected.

While at a VisionCon convention in Springfield, Missouri on February 27, 2014 Allston collapsed from what appeared to be heart failure. He passed away later that day at age 53.

Unmarried, he lived in Round Rock, Texas, with four housemates, four cats, and a dog.

Star Wars bibliography

Title	Format	Date
X-Wing: Wraith Squadron	Novel	1998
X-Wing: Iron Fist	Novel	1998
X-Wing: Solo Command	Novel	1999
X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar	Novel	1999
The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream	Novel	2002
The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand	Novel	2002
The Pengalan Tradeoff	Short Story	2003
League of Spies	Short Story	2004
Legacy of the Force: Betrayal	Novel	2006
Legacy of the Force: Exile	Novel	2007
Legacy of the Force: Fury	Novel	2007
Fate of the Jedi: Outcast	Novel	2009
Fate of the Jedi: Backlash	Novel	2010
Fate of the Jedi: Conviction	Novel	2011
X-Wing: Mercy Kill	Novel	2012