Rebecca Moesta is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling young adult author who has written more than 35 books, including novels for Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Star Trek, as well as the original Crystal Doors and Star Challengers trilogies, coauthored with husband Kevin J. Anderson.
Rebecca Moesta (pronounced MESS-tuh) wanted to be an author since her early teens, but it wasn't until 1991 that she began writing in earnest. Her solo novels include Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Little Things and three novels in the Junior Jedi Knights series. With her husband, Kevin J.Anderson, she wrote the Crystal Doors trilogy, two movie novelizations, the novel StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga, and a Star Trek graphic novel, The Gorn Crisis. The team, currently working on a Young Adult fantasy series, also wrote Titan A.E.: Cale's Story and Titan A.E.: Akima's' Story, two high-tech Star Wars pop-up Books, and a series of fourteen bestselling middle grades Star Wars novels, the Young Jedi Knights. Their middle grades Star Challengers trilogy was written in conjunction with the Challenger Learning Centers to promote space and science education.
Moesta has written several short stories, both on her own and with her husband, ghost-written a novel and co-written three science fiction and fantasy books under pseudonyms. In addition to her many fiction credits, she has had photographs, computer art, and nonfiction articles published in numerous magazines.
Born to American parents in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southern California, Moesta has traveled extensively. She has one son and two grandsons. She is also CEO of WordFire, Inc., the company that she and Kevin J. Anderson jointly own, and Executive Editor of WordFire Press. In addition to her own writing, she serves as final reader and copyeditor on her husband's manuscripts.