John Jackson Miller (born January 12, 1968) is an American science-fiction author,

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writer, and commentator, known for his work on the ''

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'' franchise and his research into comic book circulation history, as presented in the

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series and the Comichron website.

Early life

Miller attended high school with

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founder and entertainer

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Career

A collector of comics and publisher of mini-comics since childhood, Miller began as editor of the trade magazine ''Comics Retailer'' in 1993. Following the introduction of '' Magic: The Gathering'', he added games to its coverage, changing the title to '' Comics & Games Retailer'' in 2001. In 1998, Miller was appointed managing editor of ''

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''. His first professional comics work appeared in 2003 in Crimson Dynamo for

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, which led to a run on

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(#73/418 – 85/430). He writes a regular column called ''Longbox Manifesto'' for regular comics magazine ''

''. In 2007, he launched

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, a website devoted to comic-book circulation history and research. Miller was hired as a writer for the video game ''

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''. In early 2008, he launched a fantasy

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with artist Chuck Fiala called ''Sword & Sarcasm''. In 2008, he wrote the

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comic-book adaptation of

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. In 2009, he was announced as the scripter for ''Mass Effect: Redemption'', the first comic-book series based on the video game

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, launching in January 2010. In 2013 he wrote his first novel in a non-licensed universe, ''Overdraft: The Orion Offensive'', for 47North. The work was originally released over several weeks as a Kindle Serial.

''Star Wars'' work

In 2005, Miller wrote a one-shot issue of '' Star Wars: Empire'' for

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, featuring

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as the main character. Next year, as part of Dark Horse relaunching their

comic line, Miller started writing the ongoing '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' comic series, a spin-off prequel of the video game of the same name. The series proved a major success among fans and lasted for 50 issues, before coming to a conclusion in 2010. In August 2008,

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released a ''Knights of the Old Republic'' guidebook for its Star Wars Roleplaying Game, which Miller co-wrote. In 2010 Miller began writing the '' Star Wars: Knight Errant'' comic series. Following Dark Horse changing the format of their series, it is not ongoing, but instead published as independent story arcs, separated from each other by several months. A ''Knight Errant'' novel was released in early 2011 by Del Rey, taking place between the first and second arcs of the comic series – this was Miller's first professional novel. In October 2012, Del Rey announced that Miller would write ''Star Wars: Kenobi'', a novel about

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's life on Tatooine. The book was released on August 27, 2013 in hardcover, and debuted at #12 on the ''New York Times'' hardcover bestseller list. Miller subsequently wrote '' Star Wars: A New Dawn'', which was published in 2014, a prequel to the animated television series ''

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'', which premiered on

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in fall the same year. It was the first novel of the new canon that replaced what is now known as ''

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''. Miller also wrote the short story "The Ride", part of the short story collection ''Canto Bight'' that was released in December 2017 as part of a marketing program for the movie '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi''.

Partial bibliography

*'' Star Trek: Titan: Absent Enemies'' (Pocket Books, 2014) *''

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: Prey: Hell's Heart'' (Pocket Books, 2016) *''

: Prey: The Jackal's Trick'' (Pocket Books, 2016) *''

: Prey: The Hall of Heroes'' (Pocket Books, 2016) *'' Star Trek: Discovery: The Enterprise War'' (Pocket Books, 2019)

Early life

Career

''Star Wars'' work

Partial bibliography

References

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