Joseph Staten is an American writer best known for his work at the video game studios Bungie, Microsoft Studios, and 343 Industries. At Bungie he was director of cinematics, writing mission scripts and movie dialogue for the Halo games, and his novel Halo: Contact Harvest, the fifth novel in the Halo franchise, was released in 2007 and reached #3 on The New York Times bestseller list in its first week. He also wrote Halo: Shadow of Intent, and his name shares the byline on Halo: Fractures with several other authors.
