VJ Books Presents Author Timothy Zahn!
 Timothy Zahn was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in the western suburb of Lombard, and is a writer of science fiction short stories and novels. He attended Michigan State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1973. He then moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and achieved an M.S. degree in physics in 1975. While he was pursuing a doctorate in physics, his thesis adviser quite suddenly died, leaving Zahn with four years of thesis work down the drain. Zahn never completed the doctorate.
In 1975, he began a new hobby: writing science fiction. At first a strictly spare-time avocation, over the next three years he gradually gave more time to it until he sold his first story in December 1978 (Ernie, Analog, September 1979). In 1980 he left grad school and began writing full time. He is the Hugo Award-winning author of more than fifty original novels. His original novels include the Cobra series as well as the Dragonborn series for young adults
He is best known as the author of a plethora of Star Wars novels. 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 lists, and set the stage and tone for most of the franchise's Expanded-Universe content. While many of Zahn's characters have been embraced by franchise writers and readers, some still appearing in novels written seventeen years later, Thrawn has been particularly influential.
Zahn lives on the Oregon Coast with his family.
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Timothy Zahn Selected Bibliography
Sibyl's War Series
- Pawn: A Chronicle of the Sibyl's War - 2017
- Knight: A Chronicle of the Sibyl's War - April 2019
Blackcollar Series
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The Blackcollar - 1983
- The Backlash Mission - 1986
- The Judas Solution - 2006
Cobra Trilogy
- Cobra - 1985
- Cobra Strike - 1986
- Cobra Bargain - 1988
Cobra War Trilogy
- Cobra Alliance - 2009
- Cobra Guardian - 2011
- Cobra Gamble - 2012
Cobra Rebellion Trilogy
- Cobra Slave - 2013
- Cobra Outlaw 2015
Conquerors' Trilogy
- Conquerors' Pride - 1994
- Conquerors' Heritage - 1995
- Conquerors' Legacy - 1996
Star Wars Thrawn Trilogy
- Heir to the Empire - 1991
- Dark Force Rising - 1992
- The Last Command - 1993
Star Wars Hand of Thrawn Series
- Specter of the Past - 1997
- Vision of the Future - 1998
Other Star Wars Novels
- Fool's Bargain - 2004
- Survivor's Quest - 2004
- Outbound Flight - 2006
- Allegiance - 2007
- Choices of One - 2011
- Scoundrels 2013
- Thrawn - 2017
- Thrawn: Alliances - July 2018
Dragonback Series
- Dragon and Thief - 2003
- Dragon and Soldier - 2004
- Dragon and Slave - 2005
- Dragon and Herdsman - 2006
- Dragon and Judge - 2007
- Dragon and Liberator - 2008
Terminator Salvation
- Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes - 2009
- Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire - 2010
Quadrail or Frank Compton Series
- Night Train to Rigel - 2005
- The Third Lynx - 2007
- Odd Girl Out - 2008
- The Domino Pattern - 2009
- Judgment at Proteus - 2012
Starcraft Series
- Starcraft Evolution - 2016
Other Novels
- A Coming of Age - 1984
- Spinneret - 1985
- Triplet - 1987
- Deadman Switch - 1988
- Warhorse - 1990
- The Icarus Hunt - 1999
- Angelmass - 2001
- Manta's Gift - 2002
- The Green and the Gray - 2004
- Soulminder - 2014
- Cloak - 2015
Graphic Novels
- Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand; a graphic novel with Michael A. Stackpole - 1999
- Mara Jade: A Night on the Town, comic in Star Wars Tales 1
Collections
- Cascade Point and Other Stories - 1986
- Time Bomb and Zahndry Others - 1988
- Distant Friends and Others - 1992
- Star Song and Other Stories - 2002
- Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems - 2016
Timothy Zahn Awards
- Hugo Award for novella Cascade Point in 1984
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