"For over 20 years, Sue Rostoni has played an integral part in shaping the Expanded Universe of Star Wars fiction, starting as a Lucasfilm editor during the publication of the Thrawn Trilogy, the influential series of books by Timothy Zahn that started the current Star Wars publishing program in the early 1990s. Rostoni will retire from her position as Executive Editor for LucasBooks as of July 2011."
As the SW.com post points out, Rostoni was a constant presence on the official Star Wars forums before their closure. She answered questions about the Star Wars publishing sphere ranging from printing issues to release date shifts.
Click through to see more from the announcement post, where publishing executives like Dark Horse's Randy Stradley and Del Rey's Shelly Shapiro weigh in on their collaboration with Rostoni for the Star Wars fiction universe over the years.