TIMOTHY ZAHN has been writing science fiction since 1975 and sold his first story to
Analog in 1978. Since then Zahn has published nearly seventy short stories and
novelettes, numerous novels, and three short fiction collections. Along the way he has
won a Hugo Award (for the novella Cascade Point, in 1984) and has been nominated
twice more. He is best known for his original five Star Wars novels (Heir to the Empire,
Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, and Vision of the Future),
as well as Star Wars: Survivor's Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance, and Choices of
One. His most recent publications have been the science-fiction Cobra series and the
six-part young adult series Dragonback. He has a B.S. in physics from Michigan State
University, and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois.