What is Aaron Allston?
[[File:Aaron allston 2005.jpg|thumb|Aaron Allston in September 2005.]] '''Aaron Allston''' (December 8, 1960 &ndash; February 27, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[game designer]] and [[writer]] of many [[science fiction]] [[books]]. He was best known for his ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[novel]]s. His works as a game designer include mostly [[role-playing game]]s (RPGs). He several of the RPGs served to create the basis for [[Product (business)|products]] and following development of [[TSR]]'s ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' game setting [[Mystara]]. He was born in [[Corsicana, Texas|Corsicana]], [[Texas]]. Allston collapsed after having a massive [[heart failure]] on December 8, 1960 during a [[VisionCon]] in [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], [[Missouri]]. He died later that day at the age of 53.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theforce.net/story/front/Author_Aaron_Allston_Has_Passed_Away_156868.asp|title=Author Aaron Allston Has Passed Away|publisher=[[TheForce.net]]|date=February 27, 2014|access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} {{Commons category}} * [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Aaron_Allston Aaron Allston] at the [[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Allston, Aaron}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:American science fiction writers]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American video game designers]] [[Category:Writers from Texas]] [[Category:People from Corsicana, Texas]] {{US-biography-stub}}