Alan Dean Foster
Biographical information
Born	November 18, 1946
Nationality	American
Career
Occupation	Writer
Star Wars work	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye The Approaching Storm
Official site	Official website

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Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946, New York City) is an author of dozens of fiction and non-fiction works and has had his works in more than 100 books. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1968. Foster's writing focuses primarily on science fiction and fantasy genres, although he has had some non-fiction published. Foster has had his works translated into over 50 languages. He wrote the novelization of A New Hope, as George Lucas' ghost writer, and the earliest Expanded Universe novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye. He later returned to Star Wars writing with the Republic-era novel The Approaching Storm.

Foster was profiled in the Bookshelf department of Star Wars Insider 50.

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Star Wars bibliographyEdit

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, as George Lucas (1976)
• Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978)
• The Approaching Storm (2002)

External linksEdit

• Official Website
• Alan Dean Foster on Wikipedia
• Alan Dean Foster at the Internet Movie Database
•  Approaching Storm Interview and Excerpt on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)