Matthew Woodring Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon. He has written four science-fiction/fantasy hybrid stories featuring a hero named Caine: Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, and Caine Black Knife, with the most recent, Caine's Law, released April 4, 2012.

Stover's work often emphasizes moral ambiguity, psychological verisimilitude, and bursts of intense violence. Stover is deeply interested in various forms of martial arts, having trained in the Degerberg Blend, a concept that utilizes the thought behind Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do as its foundation.