Aaron Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was an American game designer and writer of many science fiction books. He was best known for his "Star Wars" novels. His works as a game designer include mostly role-playing games (RPGs). He several of the RPGs served to create the basis for products and following development of TSR's "Dungeons & Dragons" game setting Mystara. He was born in Corsicana, Texas.