Karen Traviss
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Karen Traviss is the author of muliple Star Wars novel, including Republic Commando: Hard Contact and its sequels, Republic Commando: Triple Zero, Republic Commando: True Colors and Republic Commando: Order 66, as well as Legacy of the Force novels Bloodlines, Sacrifice and Revelation. She is currently writing the adaptation of the Clone Wars movie entitled Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
She has been among the most active authors in the community, posting regularly on the StarWars.com forums, 501st Legion forums, and elsewhere. She is also an honorary member of the 501st Legion (organization), inducted on July 22, 2006 and has her own set of Republic Commando Omega Squad armor, donated by the members of Clonetroopers.net.
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[edit] Life
Traviss is from the Portsmouth area in England. Before becoming a full-time novelist, she held various jobs, including defense correspondant, advertising copywriter, journalism lecturer, media liaison officer, and public relations manager, but for the most part she has worked as a journalist. She has also served in the Territorial Army as well as the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service.
Today, Karen Traviss lives in Wiltshire, England.
[edit] Writing
Her novelist career began in 2000 when she attended the Clarion Workshop at Michigan State University. On her official website, Traviss acknowledges that it was very helpful in starting her career, but warns that it now focuses exclusively on short fiction, which is unlikely to be a workable career.
Traviss published her first Star Wars novel, Republic Commando: Hard Contact, in 2004. Her work for Star Wars usually involves clone troopers, Mandalorians, or related characters such as Boba Fett. She is developing the Mandalorian language, Mando'a, into a working language.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- Republic Commando: Hard Contact (October 26, 2004)
- Republic Commando: Triple Zero (February 28, 2006)
- Bloodlines (August 29, 2006)
- Sacrifice (May 29, 2007)
- Republic Commando: True Colors (October 30, 2007)
- Revelation (February 26, 2008)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (July 26, 2008)
- Republic Commando: Order 66 (September 2008)
[edit] Short Stories
- Omega Squad: Targets, in Star Wars Insider 81
- In His Image, in Vader: The Ultimate Guide
- A Two-Edged Sword (sequel to In His Image, in Star Wars Insider 85)
- Odds, in Star Wars Insider 87
- A Practical Man
[edit] Features
- Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic with co-author Ryan Kaufman, in Star Wars Insider 84
- The Mandalorians: People and Culture, in Star Wars Insider 86
- Parts of the Language, in Star Wars Insider 93
[edit] Webstrips
- Unnamed Hodges-Traviss webstrip (future release)
[edit] Sources
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website of Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss on Wikipedia
- "You mean I'm not getting paid to write this?", Karen Traviss' LiveJournal blog
Giving Commandos a Human Side: Author Karen Traviss on StarWars.com
- Karen Traviss: Tracing Bloodlines on StarWars.com
""Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them...noble Three Million!"" - "Karen Traviss", Karen Traviss's StarWars.com Blog
- Karen Traviss' Yahoo Group!
