Meredith Rusu

"I actually used to want to write for children's television. I watched a lot of cartoons growing up. A LOT. And probably until I was far older than the intended target audience. I always loved paying attention to the storylines, dialogue, underlying plots, themes, and moods. And I used to imagine how I would have done the story differently. I never realized that could translate into writing book tie-ins for children's television and toys so well, but it does!"

―Meredith Rusu^[src]

Meredith Rusu is a children's book author and editor who specializes in books based on television and movies, including Star Wars.^[1] She wrote the Star Wars Rebels tie-in books Ezra's Wookiee Rescue,^[2] The Inquisitor's Trap,^[3] and Always Bet on Chopper.^[4] She has written children's short stories adapting Star Wars films and comics for the anthologies The Original Trilogy Stories,^[5] The Prequel Trilogy Stories,^[6] 5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back,^[7] and Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection.^[8] Rusu is also the author of Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures, a junior novel based on the Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures animated series.^[9]

Bibliography[]

Title	Description	Release date
Ezra's Wookiee Rescue	Young readers	October 21, 2014^[2]
The Inquisitor's Trap	Young readers	December 9, 2014^[3]
Always Bet on Chopper	Young readers	May 5, 2015^[4]
"Return to Dagobah"—The Original Trilogy Stories	Short story	September 1, 2015^[10]
"Leia and the Ewoks"—The Original Trilogy Stories	Short story	September 1, 2015^[10]
"Droid Attack!"—The Prequel Trilogy Stories	Short story	September 26, 2017^[11]
"The Secret Army"—The Prequel Trilogy Stories	Short story	September 26, 2017^[11]
"A Deadly Plot"—The Prequel Trilogy Stories	Short story	September 26, 2017^[11]
"Trapped in the Death Star"—5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back	Short story	December 15, 2017^[12]
"The Fight in the Forest"—5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back	Short story	December 15, 2017^[12]
"The Rebellion's Biggest Heist"—Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection	Short story	October 2, 2018^[13]
"R2-D2 and the Renegade Rescue"—Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection	Short story	October 2, 2018^[13]
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures	Novel	September 17, 2019^[14]