Chris Dows
Dr. Chris Dows is a British  author. Up until 2005, he worked primarily with his writing partner Colin Clayton. Together, they worked on 5 issues of Malibu Comics'  line. In addition to their Star Trek work, they wrote a miniseries called The Searchers, which brought together a number of famous literary characters, pre-dating the more famous League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. They have worked in the UK working on tie-in comics such as the Rugrats, Action Man, and Looney Tunes. In addition to undertaking contract work for StarTrek.com and a significant number of articles for Star Trek Fact Files, Chris has his own regular Treknology column for the Official Star Trek Magazine and works for Games Workshop's Black Library Press.

Dows is now a lecturer in a university in England.

Star Trek credits 
 Malibu DS9:
 #6: "" ("Program 359" with Colin Clayton)
 #26: "Genesis Denied, Part I" (with Colin Clayton)
 #27: "Genesis Denied, Part II" (with Colin Clayton)
 #32: "Turn of the Tide" (with Colin Clayton)
 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Maquis: Soldier of Peace #1: "Vacation's Over" ("Memoirs of an Invisible Ferengi" with Colin Clayton)
 Star Trek: The Manga #1: "Shinsei Shinsei"  ("Side Effects")
Dows, Chris