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Author Description Ann Carol Crispin (1950-2013) was an American science fiction writer, the author of over twenty published novels. She wrote professionally since 1983. She wrote several <i>Star Trek</i> and <i>Star Wars</i> novels, and created her own original science fiction series called <i>Starbridge</i>.<br /><br />Crispin also served as Eastern Regional Director, and then Vice President, of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. With Victoria Strauss, she founded Writer Beware, a "watchdog" group that is part of SFWA that warns aspiring writers about the dangers of scam agents, editors, and publishers. Writer Beware was founded in 1998, and has assisted law enforcement and civil authorities in tracking and shutting down writing scams.<br /><br />Crispin, who also wrote a prequel providing the back story for the popular <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i> movie series, died on September 6th, 2013 at the Hospice of Charles County in Waldorf, aged 63.<br /><br />She was married to science fiction author <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/361816.Michael_Capobianco" rel="nofollow noopener">Michael Capobianco</a>.

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