Kirsten Beyer

Kirsten Beyer is an American science fiction writer, known for her novels based on the '' Star Trek: Voyager'' television series. She is a staff writer for '' Star Trek: Discovery'', and co-creator and executive producer of '' Star Trek: Picard''.

She has also written for the Buffyverse.

Career

Little is known of Beyer's career prior to her involvement with the ''Star Trek'' franchise. She briefly worked as an actress and dancer for stage productions in the Los Angeles-area until the mid-1990s. After corresponding with ''Star Trek: Voyager'' executive producer Jeri Taylor and expressing an interest in writing for the series, Beyer was invited to pitch for the series. Beyer had previously submitted two spec scripts which were both rejected. She later pitched stories from ''Voyager'' season five onward, but none were produced.

In 2004, Beyer was encouraged to send a query package to Pocket Books by her writing partner, Heather Jarman. Her query was accepted, and development of a new ''Voyager'' tie-in novel began. However, the editor leading the development moved on to other projects, and the novel under development was never realized. Beyer was later introduced to Marco Palmieri, editor of the ''Star Trek'' line at Pocket Books, by Jarman while both were attending the Shore Leave science fiction convention. Palmieri agreed to accept samples of her work, and invited Beyer to write for him a few days later.

Beyer's first novel with Palmieri was ''Fusion'' (2005), the second book in the ''Voyager: String Theory'' miniseries. A subplot involving the Vulcan character Tuvok was originally pitched as an episode of ''Voyager'' tentatively titled "Siren's Song". Another un-produced pitch was reworked as the short story "Isabo's Shirt", anthologized in ''Distant Shores'' (2005). Beyer became the lead writer of the ''Voyager'' novel series, replacing Christie Golden, with the release of ''Full Circle'' in March 2009. She has written eleven ''Voyager'' tie-in novels.

In May 2016, Beyer was hired as a staff writer for '' Star Trek: Discovery''. She was recruited because of her familiarity with ''Star Trek'' canon, and her experience as a tie-in fiction writer. She has contributed to the ''Discovery'' and ''Star Trek: Picard'' comics line published by IDW. In 2020, Beyer read for the audiobook edition of ''To Lose the Earth''.

Bibliography

''Star Trek: Voyager'' (2005–2020)

''Star Trek: Voyager'' tie-in novels published by Simon & Schuster.

''Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2020)

''Star Trek: Discovery'' tie-in comics published by IDW Publishing. Co-written by Mike Johnson. Beyer is credited as "Comic story writer" for most issues.

''Star Trek: Picard'' (2019–2020)

''Star Trek: PicardCountdown'' comic miniseries is as a prequel to '' Star Trek: Picard''. Artist is Angel Hernández.

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (2008)

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' tie-in novels published by Simon & Schuster.

Short fiction (2005–2009)

Beyer has contributed to the following short story collections:

Filmography

References

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Living people
21st-century American novelists
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
American women television writers
American women novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American women writers