Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic, is the bestselling author of the young adult urban fantasy series Outlaw Saints, the sci–fi adventure Flood City, and the monthly comic series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. Older has been nominated for numerous awards and has won the International Latino Book Award. His other books include the historical fantasy series Dactyl Hill Squad, The Book of Lost Saints, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, Star Wars: Last Shot, and the young adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher.