Timothy Zahn
Template:Short description Template:Infobox writer Timothy Zahn (born Template:Birth based on age as of date)<ref name=":0" /> is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known best for his prolific collection of Star Wars books, chiefly the Thrawn trilogy, and has published several other series of sci-fi and fantasy novels of his own original creation, in addition to many works of short fiction.
Early life and educationEdit
Zahn grew up in Lombard, Illinois, and attended Glenbard East High School in Lombard.<ref name=":0" /> He has been a fan of sci-fi since he was a child.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He attended Michigan State University, before working towards a doctorate in physics at the University of Illinois.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CareerEdit
Zahn's novella Cascade Point won the 1984 Hugo Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Zahn novels also won five Dragon Awards[1]. He is the author of the Blackcollar trilogy and the Cobra series (nine novels so far), fourteen Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, including thirteen novels featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn: the Thrawn trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn duology, Outbound Flight, Choices of One, Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn: Treason, and the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy.
Lucasfilm at times used some of the more detailed Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game supplements from West End Games as references, and West End sent boxes of their sourcebooks to Zahn when he started work on a new Star Wars novel trilogy.<ref name="designers">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp At the time, Zahn was writing Heir to the Empire (1991), the first book in what became known as the Thrawn trilogy, and West End in turn released sourcebooks from 1992–1994 based on Zahn's three novels.<ref name="designers" />Template:Rp
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,<ref name="insidemovies.ew.com">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and set the stage and tone for most of the franchise's expanded universe content.<ref name="insidemovies.ew.com" /> Zahn also wrote the young adult Dragonback series and the Conquerors trilogy.
In 2014 Zahn collaborated with David Weber on the Manticore Ascendant series set within the Honorverse.
In 2023, Dave Filoni confirmed during the Star Wars Celebration Europe that Zahn served as a creative consultant for the Disney+ miniseries Ahsoka in order to assist the creative team in writing Thrawn correctly, as Filoni felt that only Zahn could advise them with the "right" way to adapt Thrawn as the character's creator.<ref name="ZahnsCollaboration1">Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref name="ZahnsCollaboration2">Template:Cite tweet</ref>
BibliographyEdit
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External linksEdit
- Timothy Zahn's page at Tor Books
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- Timothy Zahn interview with RoqooDepot.com for Mara Month, May 7, 2012
- Timothy Zahn 'Scoundrels' interview with RoqooDepot.com, December 31, 2012
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