Authors: J.J. Abrams and Steven Hanna
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Release Date: August 29, 2006
ISBN: 9781416924432
Related Project: Alias
Alias: Old Friends stands out in this line because Steven Hanna shares billing with J.J. Abrams, which gives it an extra bit of weight inside the broader AbramsFans books lane. It is still a licensed tie-in novel, but it sits especially close to the creator side of the franchise compared with some of the other paperbacks.
That alone makes it worth preserving on the site as more than a passing mention. It helps map the full publishing footprint around Alias and shows how the series’ story world kept expanding in print even as the show itself evolved.
