Robert Place Napton is a comic book writer who has worked for such publishers as Image, Top Cow, Random House, and of course, Dynamite.

His numerous projects for Dynamite Entertainment include the monthly series Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris. Before that he wrote Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom, Warriors of Mars, Thun'da, Blackbeard: Legend of the Pyrate King, and Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama.

He got his start writing such series as Q-Unit, Prophet, Bloodstrike, Avengelyne, and Battlestar Galactica 1995 before co-creating and co-writing the popular Hyperwerks' series Deity, Saint Angel, and Cats Eye. Recently, he co-wrote Dark Wraith of Shannara with New York Times Best Selling author Terry Brooks, based on Brooks' Shannara novels, and crafted an updated Arthurian tale for Top Cow entitled Son of Merlin.