Aaron Allston

Aaron Allston
Aaron Allston in 2005.
Born	(1960-12-08)December 8, 1960 Corsicana, Texas, U.S.
Died	February 27, 2014(2014-02-27) (aged 53) Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery (Corsicana, Texas)
Occupation	Writer, game designer
Genre	Tabletop role-playing games, fantasy, science fiction

Aaron Dale Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels.^[1] His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara. His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series: Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Starfighters of Adumar, and Mercy Kill. He wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: Betrayal, Exile, and Fury, and three of the nine Fate of the Jedi novels: Outcast, Backlash, and Conviction.