Keith Birdsong
Keith Birdsong  was an illustrator who created the cover art for several Star Trek Pocket Books novels. His first cover was the novel  by Jean Lorrah. Birdsong also created the portraits of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy for the 25th anniversary postal envelopes.

Birdsong liked  and the  and called himself a Star Trek fan. His wife though, hated science fiction. In his opinion, the casting of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard was perfect and he cited Picard as his favorite character.

Birdsong was interviewed by Bradley H. Sinor for the article "Keith Birdsong – Painter of Mad Worlds" for .

Career
Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma and following his graduation from high school, Birdsong joined the army and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper and journalist. It was during his time in the army that he received the Keith L. Ware Award for his sketches and illustrations.

After his time in the army, he worked at a graphics studio in Raleigh, North Carolina. He sent slides of his work to several publishers and created the cover series "Chopper One", "Arrow and Sabre", "The Planet Builders", some western series, and science fiction.

Star Trek work
 The Original Series
 A Flag Full of Stars
 Best Destiny
 Crossroad
 Death Count
 Ghost-Walker
 Home Is the Hunter
 
 Shadows on the Sun
 Spectre
 
 The Next Generation
 
 Boogeymen
 
 
 Dark Mirror
 Doomsday World
 
 Fortune's Light
 
 Q-in-Law
 Q-Squared
 
 
 Spartacus
 The Eyes of the Beholders
 Vendetta
 Deep Space Nine
 The Laertian Gamble
 Proud Helios
 Time's Enemy
 Warped
 Wrath of the Prophets
 Voyager
 The Final Fury
 Other
 End Game
 Enemy Territory
 Enigma Ship

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Star Trek novel artists