L. Neil Smith
Biographical information
Born	May 12, 1946
Nationality	American
Career
Occupation	Author
Star Wars work	Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
Other work of note	The Probability Broach

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L. Neil Smith (full name Lester Neil Smith III) is a prolific science-fiction writer, most of whose books take place in the alternate reality of the "North American Confederacy." In the Star Wars universe, he has written Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. They would later be reprinted in an omnibus edition, The Lando Calrissian Adventures. Smith is a prominent Libertarian and political activist; his novels Pallas, The Forge of the Elders, and The Probability Broach, each won the Libertarian Futurist Society's annual Prometheus Award for best libertarian science fiction novel.

External linksEdit

• L. Neil Smith on Wikipedia
• lneilsmith.org