RIP A.C. Crispin
RIP A.C. Crispin;
Legendary science author Ann C. Crispin, former Vice-President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, passed away this morning after a long battle with cancer.
Crispin authored of more than twenty novels, including seven New York Times bestsellers. She wrote the bestselling Star Wars novels The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit, and Rebel Dawn. She has also written four top-selling Star Trek novels: Yesterday’s Son, Time for Yesterday, The Eyes of the Beholders and Sarek. Crispin was the acclaimed author the StarBridge series and novels set in the Star Wars, V, Alien and Pirates of the Caribbean universes.
Crispin recently wrote on Facebook, “I want to thank you all for your good wishes and prayers. I fear my condition is deteriorating. I am doing the best I can to be positive but I probably don’t have an awful lot of time left. I want you all to know that I am receiving excellent care and am surrounded by family and friends.”
Her most famous genre work was writing the 1984 novelization of the television miniseries V. She went on to collaborate on two more books in the V series, East Coast Crisis with Howard Weinstein, and Death Tide with Deborah Marshall. Crispin and noted fantasy author Andre Norton wrote two Witch World novels together.
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