James Luceno

James Luceno is a science fiction author born in 1947. He is best known for his literary works pertaining to the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Luceno is The New York Times bestselling author of three Star Wars: The New Jedi Order novels, Agents of Chaos: Hero's Trial, Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse and The Unifying Force.

He also wrote The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and the ebook Darth Maul: Saboteur (this ebook was effectively a prologue to his prequel trilogy novel, set directly before The Phantom Menace, called Cloak of Deception). Two of his latest novels within the Star Wars universe include Labyrinth of Evil and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. A more recent novel was Millennium Falcon, which was published in October, 2008.

Before writing for the Star Wars universe, Luceno wrote 1980's Headhunters, the tale of three Americans' adventure in South America, a place Luceno himself has traveled extensively. He also authored A Fearful Symmetry, Rainchaser, Rock Bottom, and The Big Empty in 1993. Luceno wrote the film adaptations for The Shadow and The Mask of Zorro; for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Luceno penned 1992's "The Mata Hari Affair".

He is also the author of the Web Warrior series and co-author of the popular Robotech novelization series with his close friend, the late Brian Daley. The pair wrote under the pseudonym Jack McKinney. Daley and Luceno were also amongst a team of writers for the 1986 television cartoon series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers; Luceno alone also wrote two episodes for the 1995 cartoon series Princess Gwenevere and The Jewel Riders, both of which were created by Robert Mandell.