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Delilah S. Dawson (born 21 October 1977) is an American author, primarily of fantasy and science fiction. She writes fantasy as Lila Bowen, and has written erotica as Ava Lovelace.

Her works include Star Wars tie-in fiction (Star Wars: Phasma, Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire, and “Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon” (short story)), as well as Kill the Farm Boy and No Country for Old Gnome (both with Kevin Hearne). She has also written comic books such as Star Pig and Sparrowhawk.

Dawson's work includes the Blud series of steampunk paranormal romance novels, the Shadow series of Weird West novels (as Bowen), as well as several young adult novels. She has also written Star Wars tie-in short stories, including the 2015 Bazine Netal adventure "Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon", and the 2016 Greer Sonnel story "Scorched", published in Star Wars Insider #165. In September 2017, Dawson released Star Wars: Phasma, a novel chronicling the backstory of Captain Phasma of the First Order.