b>Karen Traviss/b> is a novelist, screenwriter and comics writer, having received critical acclaim for her first two novels i>City of Pearl/i> and i>Crossing the Line./i> i> /i>She is also the author of i>Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact /i>and i>Star Wars: Republic Commando: Triple Zero/i>, and is the beloved of stormtroopers everywhere. Karen is a former defense correspondent and TV newspaper journalist, Karen has also worked as a police press officer, an advertising copywriter and a journalism lecturer.