(John Jackson Miller at the 2022 MidSouthCon in Memphis, Tennessee on 27 March 2022.) Happy birthday to John Jackson Miller! John Jackson Miller is an American science-fiction author, comic book writer, and commentator, known for his work on the Star Wars franchise and his research into comic book circulation history, as presented in the Standard […]
(no image available) Happy birthday to Mark Allen! Mark Allen Shepherd is an actor and artist from Rockville Centre, New York who is best known for his portrayal of the Lurian freighter captain Morn in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Throughout the seven year run of Deep Space Nine, Shepherd never received official credit and […]
(no image available) Happy birthday to Karen Haber! Karen Haber, full name Karen Lee Haber Silverberg is a Star Trek author and lives in the San Francisco area. She was born in Bronxville, New York, and married to the science fiction author Robert Silverberg in 1987. The couple have edited many SF anthologies together. She […]
(no image available) Happy birthday to Robert E. Vardeman! Robert Edward Vardeman (sometimes credited as Vardebob) is a fantasy, mystery and science fiction writer who has also written a couple of Star Trek novels. Vardeman was born in Palo Pinto, Texas, but has lived much of his life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has degrees […]
(no image available) Happy birthday to Judy Klass! Judy Klass is a Star Trek novelist who pitched the story concept to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writers that Enabran Tain was Elim Garak’s father. Her idea was later used as part of DS9: “In Purgatory’s Shadow” and Klass received $1,000 for her pitch. (Voyages […]
(no image available.) Happy birthday to Susan Shwartz! Susan Shwartz is a novelist and short story writer. She and co-author Josepha Sherman have written several Star Trek books, mostly concerning Vulcans and their Romulan cousins. Check out the Susan Shwartz author page to view more author updates and a full list of books! Find Susan […]
(no image available.) Happy birthday to David A. McIntee! David A. McIntee is a Scottish author. He is fairly well known in the United Kingdom for writing a number of Doctor Who novels and audio episodes. In 2000, he wrote Delta Quadrant, a Star Trek: Voyager episode guide, for Virgin Books. This unofficial release caused […]
(no image available.) Happy birthday to George Zebrowski! George Zebrowski is a science fiction writer of over seventy short stories and forty books. He has authored a few Star Trek novels with his writing partner, Pamela Sargent. He was born Jerzy Tadeus Zebrowski in Villach, Austria, of Polish descent and has lived in the USA […]
(no image available.) Happy birthday to Rick Berman! Richard Keith Berman is a veteran writer and producer of American television. He was the executive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991-1994) and co-creator of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise. He also produced and co-wrote four Star Trek films. Check […]
(image Credit: Mike Muegel) Happy birthday to Nicholas Meyer! Nicholas Meyer directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He wrote the screenplays for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI. Though never credited for his efforts, Meyer rewrote much of the screenplay for The […]
(Portrait Illustration of comics writer Tony Isabella by colleague Michael Netzer for his Portraits of the Creators Sketchbook.) Happy birthday to Tony Isabella! Tony Isabella is a comic book and novel writer. He has worked on two Star Trek publications, both with Bob Ingersoll, who is also from Ohio. In addition to his Star Trek […]
(J.M. Dillard aka Jeanne Kalogridis – Aug 1989 – Star Trek Convention – Tampa, Florida Photo by Alan C. Teeple) Happy birthday to J.M. Dillard! Jeanne M. Dillard is a pseudonym for Jeanne Kalogridis. She is an author who has written many Star Trek books as “J. M. Dillard”. She is notable for writing the […]
