- Currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel.
- Foster's love of exotic places has taken him to Europe, Asia, through the Pacific Ocean, and the back roads of Tanzania and Kenya. He has lived in Tahiti and French Polynesia. He has rappeled into New Mexico's fabled Lechugilla Cave, pan-fried piranha in Peru, whitewater-rafted the length of the Zambezi's Batoka Gorge, and driven solo the length and breadth of Namibia.
- Foster was one of the first authors to write a book about the Star Wars characters having nothing to do with George Lucas' original trilogy storyline. Its titled "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" and was written after the first Star Wars film, centering on adventures featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.
- Cousin of Lesley Gore and Michael Gore.
- Foster's fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and westerns. He has written non-fiction articles on film, science and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novelizations of many films, including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation.
- Received his Bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Nephew of Batman (1966) producer Howie Horwitz.
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