Occupation Author Role Writer | Name Timothy Zahn Nationality American | |
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Born September 1, 1951 (age 72)
Chicago, Illinois ( 1951-09-01 ) Genre science fiction, fantasy Awards Hugo Award for Best Novella Nominations Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best First Novel, Locus Award for Best Collection Books Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Allegiance Similar People Michael A Stackpole, David Weber, James Luceno, Kevin J Anderson, Aaron Allston | ||
Education Michigan State University | ||
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Timothy Zahn (born September 1, 1951) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known for the Thrawn series of Star Wars novels, and has published several other series of science fiction and fantasy novels, in addition to much short fiction.
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- Early life
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Early life
Zahn grew up in Lombard, Illinois and pursued an education in physics at the University of Illinois.
Career
Zahn's novella Cascade Point won the 1984 Hugo Award. He is the author of the Blackcollar trilogy and the Cobra series (eight novels so far), twelve Star Wars expanded universe novels, including eight novels featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn: the Thrawn trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn duology, Outbound Flight, Choices of One, and Star Wars: Thrawn.
LucasFilm at times referred to some of the more detailed Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game supplements from West End Games, and when Zahn started work on a new trilogy of Star Wars books, boxes of West End sourcebooks were delivered to him. At the time, Zahn was writing what would become known as the Thrawn trilogy, the first book of which was Heir to the Empire (1991). In turn, West End released sourcebooks for Zahn's three novels from 1992-1994.
The Thrawn trilogy marked a revival in the fortunes of the Star Wars franchise, bringing it widespread attention for the first time in years; all three Thrawn trilogy novels made the New York Times Best Seller List, and set the stage and tone for most of the franchise's expanded universe content. Zahn also wrote the young adult Dragonback series and the popular Conquerors' trilogy.