A one-time continuity supervisor at LucasArts, Ryan Kaufman contributed to numerous games, such as Mysteries of the Sith, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, and Star Wars: Republic Commando. He partnered with Karen Traviss on the writing of Republic Commando: Hard Contact and Triple Zero, in addition to co-authoring Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic alongside her. Kaufman penned the Clone Wars Adventures stories The Package, Orders and Spy Girls; authored the short story The Tale of the Aiwha Pod; and collaborated with Abel G. Peña to create Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy.