Ian Doescher

Ian Doescher is an imaginative American author and playwright celebrated for his unique pop-culture mashups and creative writing style. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in music from Yale University, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in ethics from Union Theological Seminary.

He is best known for creating the bestselling William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series, which brilliantly reimagines George Lucas’s epic space opera as if it had been penned by the Bard of Avon. His bibliography also includes Shakespearean adaptations of classic films like Back to the Future and The Lord of the Rings.

Doescher’s whimsical yet formally rigorous pastiches have delighted literature and film fans alike. By blending Elizabethan iambic pentameter with modern cinematic icons, he has carved out a distinctive niche in contemporary parodic literature.