Karen Traviss



Karen Traviss is the author of the Star Wars novel, Republic Commando: Hard Contact and its sequel, Republic Commando: Triple Zero. She is currently in the process of writing three of the books in the 9-part Legacy of the Force series.

She has been among the most active authors in the community, posting regularly on the StarWars.com forums, 501st Legion forums, and elsewhere.

Life
Traviss is from the Portsmouth area in England. Before becoming a full-time novelist, she held various jobs, including defense correspondant, advertising copywriter, journalism lecturer, media liaison officer, and public relations manager, but for the most part she has worked as a journalist. She has also served in the Territorial Army as well as the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service.

Today, Karen Traviss lives in Wiltshire, England.

Writing
Her novelist career began in 2000 when she attended the Clarion Workshop at Michigan State University. On her official web site, Traviss acknowledges that it was very helpful in starting her career, but warns that it now focuses exclusively on short fiction, which is unlikely to be a workable career.

Traviss published her first Star Wars novel, Republic Commando: Hard Contact, in 2004. Her work for Star Wars usually involves clone troopers, Mandalorians, or related characters such as Boba Fett. She is developing the Mandalorian language, Mando'a, into a working language.

Books

 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Bloodlines
 * Sacrifice (due May 2007)
 * Republic Commando: True Colors (due in August 2007)
 * Revelation (due in 2008)
 * Republic Commando IV (future release)

Short Stories

 * Omega Squad: Targets, in Star Wars Insider 81
 * In His Image, in Vader: The Ultimate Guide
 * A Two-Edged Sword (sequel to In His Image, in Star Wars Insider 85)
 * Odds, in Star Wars Insider 87
 * A Practical Man

Features

 * Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic with co-author Ryan Kaufman, in Star Wars Insider 84
 * The Mandalorians: People and Culture, in Star Wars Insider 86

Webstrips

 * Unnamed Hodges-Traviss webstrip (future release)