Sally Caves is the pen name of Sarah Higley, a

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

writer and

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

at the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

. She is best known for creating the '' Star Trek'' character

Reginald Barclay Reginald Endicott Barclay III is a fictional engineer from the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. On television and in film, he has been portrayed by Dwight Schultz since the character's introduction in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' th ...

''Star Trek''

Caves wrote the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "

Hollow Pursuits "Hollow Pursuits" is the 21st episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and the 69th episode of the series overall. The episode introduces the character Lieutenant Reginal ...

", in which Reginald Barclay was introduced. She also co-authored the story of the '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episode " Babel".

Teonaht

Caves is the creator of Teonaht, a notable

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Bibliography

* ''Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. * "Fetch Felix".

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...

, July 1991 * ''Ketamine'', ''F&SF'', March 1995

References

External links

Teonaht home page
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