Jason C. Fry (born 1969) is an American author, editor, digital consultant and online contributor. His written works include the novelization of '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', as well as about a dozen other books and short stories from the ''

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'' universe. Fry is also the author of ''The Jupiter Pirates'', a young adult space fantasy saga. He currently resides in

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Early life

Fry was born in

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in 1969 and grew up on Long Island. He graduated from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

with a degree in

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Early career

Fry worked at

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for 13 years. In 2008, he went on to work as a digital media consultant for a maker of publishing software, before becoming an independent writer in 2009.

Writing career

Fry first wrote for ''

'' in 1999, publishing a column on ''

Vector Prime ''Star Wars: The New Jedi Order'' (or ''New Jedi Order'' or ''NJO'') is a series of 19 science fiction novels, published from 1999 to 2003, set in the ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe. The series revolves around the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of ...

''. He then went on to write the ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide'', which was published in 2008, and several other Star Wars books. He also wrote ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (Expanded Edition), the novelization of the 2017 movie '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi''.Floyd, James "7 REASONS WHY THE LAST JEDI NOVELIZATION IS ESSENTIAL", StarWars.com, published April 3, 2018
/ref> Fry's other works include ''The Jupiter Pirates'', a book series about a family of space pirates, in which only one child can become the captain. Three books have been published, with two more still being written. According to Fry, ''The Jupiter Pirates'' was partially inspired by ''Star Wars''.

References

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