- "A long time ago, in a movie theater far, far away…a 13-old-girl had her universe completely, utterly, and irrevocably changed. Yep, I'm talking about Star Wars. Back in the good old days my mom would drop me off for the 1:00 show and pick me up sometime around 6:30. I'd watch that movie again and again and again…absorbing it into my very soul, probably."
- ―Christie Golden
Christie Golden is an award-winning author of many science fiction and fantasy novels, and is one of the authors for the Fate of the Jedi series.[2] She also wrote the canon novels Dark Disciple and Battlefront II: Inferno Squad.
Outside of Star Wars, she has written books for World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Assassin's Creed, Star Trek: Voyager, HEX: Shards of Fate, and the Ravenloft and Forgotten Realms campaign settings of Dungeons & Dragons. She also wrote the novelizations for the film adaptations of Warcraft, Assassin's Creed, and Valerian & The City of A Thousand Planets. She also wrote her own book series Invasion America and a standalone novels including Instruments of Fate, King's Man and Thief, and A.D. 999.
Biography[]
Christie Golden was born on November 21, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia. At thirteen years of age, Golden would spend entire afternoons watching Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[1]
Golden worked as one of the three authors in the nine-book Fate of the Jedi series. Her first entry into both the series and into the Expanded Universe in general, Fate of the Jedi: Omen, reached #4 on the New York Times bestseller list and #3 on the Publisher's Weekly bestseller list.[3] Golden also wrote a short story prequel to Omen that focuses on Vestara Khai. The short story was exclusive to Hyperspace members, and is titled Imprint.
Golden was to write a Star Wars trilogy focusing on Jaina Solo Fel and her husband Jagged Fel called Sword of the Jedi.[4] The series was canceled indefinitely due to the announcement from Disney Publishing Worldwide and Random House about the relaunch of the Star Wars adult novel continuity.[5][6] Following the reorganization of the canon structure under Disney, Golden returned to write the novel Dark Disciple, a story focused on Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress towards the end of the Clone Wars.[7]
Works[]
Bibliography[]
| Year | Title | Format | Notes |
| 2009 | Fate of the Jedi: Omen | Novel | |
| 2009 | "Imprint" | Short story | |
| 2010 | Fate of the Jedi: Allies | Novel | |
| 2011 | "First Blood" | Short story | |
| 2011 | Fate of the Jedi: Ascension | Novel | |
| 2012 | "Getaway" | Short story | |
| 2013 | "Good Hunting" | Short story | |
| 2015 | Dark Disciple | Novel | |
| 2015 | "Kindred Spirits" | Short story | |
| 2017 | Battlefront II: Inferno Squad | Novel | |
| 2017 | "The Bucket" | Short story | |
| 2020 | "The Truest Duty" | Short story |
Sources[]
"Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 110- SDCC 2014: Star Wars: A New Dawn Panel - Liveblog on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Meet the Empire's Best: Author Christie Golden on Battlefront II: Inferno Squad on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 61 (Creating a Starship Fleet: Battlefront II – Playing the TIE Fighter Pilots)
- Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
- From a Certain Point of View: Who's the Best Star Wars Games Character? on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Looking for a Star Wars Summer Reading List? Found One, You Have! on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Inside Intel: Quinlan Vos on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A long time ago, in a movie theater far far away… by Christie Golden on Musings and Meanderings (September 27, 2008) (archived from the original on September 21, 2016)
- ↑
Del Rey Star Wars books continue through 2013 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ I'm still here! by Christie Golden on Musings and Meanderings (July 11, 2009) (archived from the original on February 2, 2017)
- ↑ SWCVI: Del Rey's Star Wars Expanded Universe on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Disney Publishing Worldwide and Random House Announce Relaunch of Star Wars Adult Fiction Line on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Dark Disciple: Star Wars: Christie Golden on Amazon.com (backup link)
External links[]
- Official website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Musings and Meanderings on WordPress
- Christie Golden on Wikipedia
- Christie Golden on Memory Alpha
- Christie Golden at StarCraft Wiki
- Christie Golden at WoWWiki
