Ann C. Crispin is a science fiction writer and the author of over sixteen published novels. She has been writing since 1983. She has written several Star Trek novels, and created her own original science fiction series called StarBridge, but she is best known for her works in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, especially The Han Solo Trilogy, which chronicles the life of Han Solo prior to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Her first Star Wars works, however, were two short stories that she wrote for Kevin J. Anderson's Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina and Tales from Jabba's Palace anthologies. Crispin has also served as Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... http://www. ... Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973. ... The Expanded Universe (or EU for short) is an extensive collection of fictional background material from the Star Wars universe that is derived from official novels, comic books, and various other media besides the movies themselves. ... Han Solo (born 29 BBY), a character in the fictional Star Wars universe, is played by actor Harrison Ford in the Star Wars movie series. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... For the actor known as Kevin Anderson, see Kevin Anderson (actor). ... Anthology may also mean a Alien Ant Farm album ANThology, see Anthology (AAF Album) An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (pronounced siff-wah or seff-wah), was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight and James Blish. ...