Star Wars (Canon and Legends) is a 44-book series with 45 primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by L. Neil Smith, James Luceno, Matthew Woodring Stover, A.C. Crispin, Terry Brooks, Michael Reaves, Karen Traviss, Drew Karpyshyn, Timothy Zahn, John Jackson Miller, Tim Lebbon, Christie Golden, Sylvain Neuvel, Alexander Freed, Greg Weisman, Claudia Gray, Beth Revis, Jody Houser, Rae Carson, Matt Owens, Cavan Scott, E.K. Johnston, Shima Shinya, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, George Mann, Tessa Gratton, Mike Chen, and Marc Guggenheim.