Via Starwars.com:

THE AUTHOR OF STAR WARS: THE WEAPON OF A JEDI ON NEW HOPES, MARK HAMILL, AND MUCH MORE.
I was nine years old when I got my Kenner Luke Skywalker action figure — the one with yellow hair that matched the lightsaber embedded in his arm. I sent that Luke on hundreds of adventures, playing cat-and-mouse with stormtroopers through landscapes made out of couch cushions, spaceports assembled from LEGO, and Imperial fortresses that all happened to look like the Death Star playset. So you can imagine my reaction last fall when Disney Lucasfilm Press told me about the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens program and asked if I’d like to write a Luke Skywalker adventure set in the “classic era” just after A New Hope. I said yes immediately — and then desperately tried to play it cool while I worked with my editor to craft the tale that would become The Weapon of a Jedi.

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