Rebecca Moesta Anderson (born November 17, 1956) is an American writer and the author of several

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books.

Early life

Rebecca Moesta Anderson was born in Germany to American parents, and raised in Pasadena, California, where she lived until her early twenties. She graduated with a

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from

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. Shortly after her graduation, she married a recently graduated physicist from nearby

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, becoming Rebecca Moesta Cowan. In 1981, the couple moved to

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, where they lived for one year until they moved to Darmstadt, Germany, living there until 1987. In Germany, Moesta took graduate courses with

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and earned a Master of Science degree in Business Administration. During their stay in Germany she gave birth to her son, Jonathan, before moving back to the United States and settling in

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Career

In 1989, Moesta took a position at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a

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and

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. There she formed a science fiction club in which she met her future husband Kevin J. Anderson. She divorced her first husband in 1990 and married Anderson in 1991. The couple started working together writing science fiction novels, and to date have written two ''

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, two high-tech pop-up books, and fourteen ''Star Wars'' expanded universe novels, the ''

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'' series. The couple owns and runs the publishing company WordFire Press, and Moesta is currently working on several new projects, including copy editing her husband's works.

Works

''Star Wars''

*'' Heirs of the Force'' (June 1995) () *''

Shadow Academy ''Young Jedi Knights'' is a '' Star Wars'' young adult fiction series by science fiction writer Kevin J. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta. It was published from 1995 to 1998. It covers the Jedi training of Jacen and Jaina Solo, the twin c ...

'' (September 1995) () *'' The Lost Ones'' (December 1995) () *'' Lightsabers'' (February 1996) () *'' Darkest Knight'' (May 1996) () *'' Jedi Under Siege'' (August 1996) () *'' Shards of Alderaan'' (December 1996) () *''

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'' (March 1997) () *'' Anakin's Quest'' (April 1997) () *''

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'' (June 1997) () *'' Vader's Fortress'' (July 1997) () *'' Jedi Bounty'' (September 1997) () *'' Kenobi's Blade'' (October 1997) () *'' The Emperor's Plague'' (December 1997) () *'' Return to Ord Mantell'' (May 1998) () *''

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'' (August 1998) () *'' Crisis at Crystal Reef'' (December 1998) ()

''Star Trek'' books

*''Highest Score'' (1996). Co-written with Kevin J. Anderson, under the pseudonym Kem Antilles. Based on the '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' television series, set in the year 2370.

Buffyverse

* '' Little Things'' (2002)

''Crystal Doors'' series

*Book 1: ''The Island Realm'' (2006) *Book 2: ''The Ocean Realm'' (June 2007) *Book 3: ''Sky Realm'' (2008)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moesta, Rebecca 1956 births 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American science fiction writers Boston University School of Management alumni California State University, Los Angeles alumni American women novelists Living people Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from Pasadena, California