Ryder Windham is an American

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author who has written more than 60 ''

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'' books, including

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, comics, and reference books. He has also written junior novelizations for ''

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'' films. Since 1993, he has been working on ''Star Wars'' projects either by himself or with other authors. His reference book '' Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide'' spent three weeks on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list in 2005.

Career

''Star Wars''

Windham started working on ''Star Wars'' projects in 1993, when he was working at

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. In addition to writing, he supervised the editing process of other writers' comics, such as the Dark Horse series '' Heir to the Empire'', '' Jabba the Hutt'', ''

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'', '' Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', '' Starroids'' and '' Dark Empire II''. In addition, he worked closely with Allan Kausch and Sue Rostoni at Lucas Licensing to maintain consistency in Star Wars comics and novels.

Maintaining Consistency in Stories

Windham has worked closely with Leland Chee, who is in charge of monitoring the continuity in ''Star Wars'' stories, to maintain consistency throughout his published works in the ''Star Wars'' series.Lucasfilm. 7 Questions with...Ryder Windham. ''Authors/Illustrators.''Retrieved January 26, 2011, from http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/starwars/ryder.html

Recent Years

Since 2004, Windham has been working at Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education as an instructor and a certificate advisor for comic and sequential art classes. Currently, he lives in Providence, Rhode Island with his wife and two daughters. Ryder Windham also works closely with the publisher

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and

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's publishing licensees, including

, Del Rey,

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, and

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His work with the latter of these has included production of the

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reboot novels and graphic novels.

Publications

Novels

Comics

*'' Star Wars Droids: Artoo's Day Out in Star Wars Galaxy issue#1 (1994)'' *'' Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid (1995)'' *'' Star Wars Droids: The Kalarba Adventures (1995)'' *'' X-wing Rogue Squadron: Apple Jacks Special Bonus Story (1995)'' *'' Shadows of the Empire Galoob Micro-Machines Mini-Comic (1996)'' *'' This Crumb for Hire in

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issue#2 (1996)'' *'' Star Wars Droids: Rebellion'' *'' The Rebel Thief in Star Wars Kids issue#1-5 (1997)'' *'' Shadow Stalker (1997)'' *'' Star Wars Droids: The Protocol Offensive (1997)'' *'' Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn (1999)'' *'' Episode I: The Phantom Menace ½ (1999)'' *'' Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell (2000)'' *'' The Death of Captain Tarpals in Star Wars Tales issue#3 (2000)'' *'' Thank the Maker! in Star Wars Tales issue#6 (2000)'' *'' Podracing Tales (2000)'' *'' Jedi Quest (2001)'' *'' Battle of the Bounty Hunters (1998)'' *''The Clone Wars: Strange Allies (2011)''

Young Readers Books

*'' Galactic Crisis! (2005)'' *'' Journey Through Space (2005)'' *'' Fire Ring Race (2010)'' *'' Shinbone Showdown (2010)''

Reference Books

*'' Star Wars Who's Who (1998)'' *'' Star Wars Episode I Who's Who: A Pocket Guide to Characters of the Phantom Menace (1999)'' *'' Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Movie Scrapbook (1999)'' *'' Aurra Sing: Dawn of the Bounty Hunters with Josh Ling (2000)'' *'' Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Movie Scrapbook (2002)'' *'' Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Movie Scrapbook (2005)'' *'' Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide (2005)'' *'' Star Wars: The Comics Companion (2006)'' *'' Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (2007)'' *'' Star Wars: The Complete Vader with Peter Vilmur (2009)'' *'' Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection (2008)'' *'' Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition (2010)'' *'' Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (2010)'' *'' Millennium Falcon: A 3-D Owner's Guide (2010)'' *'' Imperial Death Star: Owner's Workshop Manual (2013)''

Short stories

*'' Deep Spoilers (2000)''

Awards and honors

New York Times Best Seller: Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide

*Week 1(November 13 to November 19, 2005): ranked 10 *Week 2(December 11 to December 17, 2005): ranked 7 *Week 3(December 18 to December 24, 2005): ranked 8

References

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