Joe Schreiber

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Joe Schreiber
Born1969 (age 5354)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Writer, MRI technician
Known for Death Troopers , Chasing the Dead, Perry & Gobi Series

Joe Schreiber (born 1969) is an American novelist known for his horror and thriller novels.

Contents

Bibliography

Star Wars

  1. Death Troopers (2009) [1] [2] [5] [6] [7]
  2. Red Harvest (2011)
  3. Maul: Lockdown (2014) [8] [9]
  4. Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel (2018)
  5. The Mandalorian Junior Novel (2021)
  6. The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (2022)
  7. The Book of Boba Fett Junior Novel (2023)

Perry & Gobi

  1. Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick (2011 - later re-titled Pretty Deadly for a 2014 re-release) [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
  2. Perry's Killer Playlist (2012 - later re-titled Pretty Lethal for a 2015 re-release)

Personal life

As of 2014, Schreiber also worked as an MRI technician in Pennsylvania. [10]

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