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. 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.