New York Times bestselling novelist Aaron Allston is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as a writer of role-playing game supplements.

Best known for his work in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, he has written 22 novels and numerous short stories, both in licensed universes and in settings of his own creation. The most recent of his novels, Star Wars: X-Wing: Mercy Kill, debuted this August.

Allston lives in central Texas with four humans, four cats, and a dog.