A former continuity supervisor at LucasArts, Ryan Kaufman worked on many games including Mysteries of the Sith, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter and Star Wars: Republic Commando. He collaborated closely with Karen Traviss in the writing of Republic Commando: Hard Contact and Triple Zero, and co-authored the Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic with her. He wrote the Clone Wars Adventures tales The Package, Orders and Spy Girls; wrote the short story The Tale of the Aiwha Pod; and co-wrote Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy with Abel G. Peña.