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Bill Smith has many Star Wars writing credits including books from the Essential Guides and from the West End Games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.

Biography

Bill Smith was born in 1968, and by the eighth grade was an avid roleplaying gamer. He received a bachelor's degree from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York, and became an editor for a trade magazine. In November of 1990, Smith submitted his résumé to West End Games at the suggestion of a friend, and his editing and gaming experience earned him a spot on the West End Games staff.

He immediately set to work designing adventures for Torg, another West End Games product, then Cracken's Rebel Field Guide and quickly became the Star Wars roleplaying game line editor in 1991. After Smith had worked at West End Games for a year, he got the opportunity to create the Second Edition, which saw publication in 1992. During his time at West End Games, in 1995, he was voted "Favorite Designer" by the Role-Playing Game Association "Gamers' Choice - Hall of Fame" Awards. (The RPGA is the world's largest organization for role-playing game enthusiasts.) He left West End Games in 1997.

Smith lives with his wife Amy and their two poodles in his hometown, located in the foothills of New York's Adirondack Mountains. When he is not busy writing and editing, he enjoys spending time at the local dirt tracks watching stock car racing. He now writes and publishes the Outlaw Galaxy series of novels and ebooks.

Star Wars contributions

Title	Contribution(s)	Date
Star Wars Gamemaster Kit	Author	January 1991
Cracken's Rebel Field Guide	Editor	June 1991
Cracken's Rebel Operatives	Editor	June 1991
Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One	Editor and author	June 1991
Death Star Technical Companion	Editor	June 1991
The Politics of Contraband	Author	1991
Planet of the Mists	Editor	January 1992
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition	Author	June 1992
The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer	Editor	June 1992
Heir to the Empire Sourcebook	Editor	July 1992
Mission to Lianna	Editor	October 1992
Dark Force Rising Sourcebook	Editor	November 1992
Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Three	Editor	1992
Star Wars Gamemaster Screen		1992
Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley	Editor	February 1993
Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim	Editor	May (?) 1993
Dark Empire Sourcebook	Editor	June 1993
Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts	Author	September 1993
The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook	Editor	June 1993
Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition	Editor	June 1993
Wanted by Cracken	Editor	June 1993
Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook	Editor	November 1993
Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters	Editor	March 1994
Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition	Editor	April 1994
The Last Command Sourcebook	Editor	April 1994
Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition	Editor	June 1994
Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations	Editor	September 1994
"The Tyaonon Ranger: A Fast Ship for Star Wars Campaigns," Polyhedron 100	Author	October 1994
"Taggor Bren: One Dangerous Bounty Hunter," Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1	Author	Fall 1994
Creatures of the Galaxy	Editor and author	December 1994
"The Battle of Cadinth," Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 2	Author	Winter 1995
Classic Campaigns	Editor	1994
Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion	Editor	1994
The Star Wars Planets Collection	Editor	1994
Galladinium's Fantastic Technology	Editor	April 1995
Flashpoint! Brak Sector	Editor	April 1995
Alliance Intelligence Reports	Author	June 1995
The DarkStryder Campaign	Author and Editor	July 1995
Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies	Editor	September 1995
"Hunting the Hunters," Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 6	Author	Winter 1996
Goroth: Slave of the Empire	Editor	1995
Shadows of the Empire Planets Collection	Editor	January 1996
The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook	Editor	February 1996
The Rebel Alliance—Ships of the Fleet	Author	March 1996
The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels	Author	March 1996
Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook	Editor	June 1996
Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised	Editor	1996
Imperial Entanglements	Editor	1996
No Disintegrations	Editor	January 1997
Operation: Elrood	Editor	January 1997
Mos Eisley Adventure Set	Editor	April 1997
The Black Sands of Socorro	Editor	June 1997
Secrets of the Sisar Run	Editor	July 1997
The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology	Author	November 1997
Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy	Editor	1997
Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear	Editor	1997
Platt's Starport Guide	Editor	1997
"Boba Fett's Armor: An Essential Guide to a Walking Weapon"	Author	April 1998
"Aliens Among Us," Star Wars Kids 2	Author	February/March 1999
"Behind the Wheel--With Kids Who Race!," Star Wars Kids 3	Author	April/May 1999
Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook
"Brain Blasters," "Who is That Alien?" monthly columns, Star Wars Kids magazine
"The Jedi Knights" poster, Star Wars Galaxy Magazine
"Star Wars Villains" poster magazine
"The Imperial Fleet" magazine article, Science Fiction Spectacular

Other works

Outlaw Galaxy series

Bibliography

The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology, "About the Author"
"Bill Smith Biography" on his personal site

External links

http://www.billsmithbooks.com, Bill Smith's personal site

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