David Gerrold (born January 24, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and for his novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack[1]. He collaborated with Larry Niven on the fantasy book Flying Sorcerers, which was published in 1971.[2]

References: Edit

  1. David Gerrold - The Trouble with Tribbles writer - BBC., Retrieved 8 Aug 2017
  2. The Flying Sorcerers - Listing, Internet Speculative Fiction Database