Christie Golden Christie Golden is an award - winning author of many science fiction and fantasy novels , and is one of the authors for the " " series . Biography . Christie Golden was born on November 21 , 1963 in Atlanta , Georgia . At thirteen years of age , Golden would spend entire afternoons watching . After graduating from high school , Golden attended the University of Virginia , where she majored in English , and spent a semester of university at in . She has written eighteen novels and sixteen short stories in fantasy , horror , and science fiction . After shopping around a manuscript she had written for about seven years and suffering numerous rejections , Golden was approached by to do a novel . Golden premiered TSR ' s line in 1991 with her first novel , " " . She followed up with " " and " " . Golden has written at least seven " " novels including the popular " Dark Matters " trilogy , the " Homecoming " duology , and the " Spirit Walk " duology . Golden is also the author of two original fantasy novels from " " , " " and " " , which made the 1996 Nebula Preliminary Ballot . Among her work in gaming fantasy novels , she wrote " " ( which was written in six weeks ) , " " , and " " . She has also written a trilogy of novels titled StarCraft : the Dark Templar Saga for Blizzard Entertainment and Simon and Schuster Pocketbooks . Under the name Jadrien Bell Golden wrote the fantasy thriller entitled " " , which won her the for " Best Genre Novel " in 1999 . Golden is currently halfway through her Final Dance series ; the first book in the series , " On Fire ' s Wings " , follows the discovery of the first of five dancers , Kevla the flame dancer . The second book , " In Stone ' s Clasp " , records both the flame dancer , Kevla , and the stone dancer , the element of earth , Jareth . The book " Under Sea ' s Shadow " , published in ebook format only , was released in August of 2007 and focuses on the Sea dancer . The last two books , " At Wind ' s Tempest " and " Through Soul ' s Desire " , would complete the series . In addition to her original novels , Golden worked as one of the three authors in the nine - book " " series . Her first entry into both the series and into the Expanded Universe in general , " " , reached # 4 on the New York Times bestseller list and # 3 on the Publisher ' s Weekly bestseller list . Golden also wrote a short story prequel to " Omen " that focuses on Vestara Khai . The short story was exclusive to members , and is titled " Imprint " . Golden was to write a " Star Wars " trilogy focusing on Jaina Solo Fel and her husband Jagged Fel called " Sword of the Jedi " . The series was canceled indefinitely due to the announcement from Disney Publishing Worldwide and Random House about the relaunch of the " Star Wars " adult novel continuity . Following the reorganization of the canon structure under Disney , Golden returned to write the novel " Dark Disciple " , a story focused on Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress towards the end of the Clone Wars . Golden joined Blizzard Entertainment as a full - time employee in October , 2017 . However , she clarified that her new position did not preclude her writing additional " Star Wars " novels . Golden currently lives in Denver , Colorado , United States with her cats . She is an avid " World of Warcraft " fan , and plays on the Shadow Council server .