Matthew Woodring Stover (born January 29, 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist.

He is an avid martial artist and a student of the Degerberg Blend, a Jeet Kune Do concept that mixes approximately twenty-five different fighting arts from around the world.

He says the system was inspired by a passage from the ancient Greek soldier-poet Archilochus: "The fox is swift and clever and knows many tricks, yet still he is taken by the hounds.

His non-Star Wars novels have garnered a smaller but loyal audience, primarily for the Acts of Caine cycle.

As for future Star Wars novels, Stover has said that he would be interested in writing the final adventure of the heroic trio of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia.