James Van Hise
James Van Hise (born ) is an author who writes about film, television, and comic history. In the 1970s he created and edited the Star Trek fan magazine Enterprise Incidents; during the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote numerous reference guides to the show.

In addition to writing about Star Trek, Van Hise also submitted at least one undeveloped story idea for , which was titled "Deadworld". 

According to Van Hise:

"I wrote the story in  at the behest of a mutual friend of Gerd Oswald. Oswald had directed a couple of Star Trek episodes in the sixties and I'd spoken to him while he was directing an episode of the new Twilight Zone for CBS when I visited that studio in 1986. Oswald was looking for a story he could take to Paramount for The Next Generation which he could attach himself to as the director. He read this outline but rejected it as being 'too depressing.' I told my friend that Gerd, who was then in his seventies, was obviously a man who had never come to terms with his own mortality. Gerd Oswald died two years later of cancer." (Trek: The Next Generation)

Bibliography
Reference works
The Best of Enterprise Incidents: The Magazine for Star Trek Fans
The Classic Trek Crew Book
Deep Space Crew Book
Deep Space Nine: A Celebration
The History of Trek
Let's Trek: The Budget Guide to the Federation 1995
Let's Trek: The Budget Guide to the Klingons 1995
The Making of The Next Generation
The Man Between the Ears: Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy
The Man Who Created Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry
The Ships of Star Trek
The Special Effects of Trek
The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration
The Trek Celebration Two
The Trek Celebration Three
The Trek Crew Book
The Trek Crew Companion
Trek Fan's Handbook
Trek in the 24th Century: The Next Generation and Deep Space
Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Unauthorized Story
Trek: The Encyclopedia
Trek: The Lost Years
Trek: The Next Generation
Trek: The Next Generation Crew Book
Trek: Next Generation Tribute Book
The Next Generation Tribute Book Two
The Next Generation Tribute Book 3
Trek: The Printed Adventures
Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation
Trek: The Unauthorized Story of the Movies
Trek vs. The Next Generation
The Unauthorized History of Trek
The Unauthorized Trek: Deep Space The Voyage Continues
The Unauthorized Trekker's Guide to The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine
Articles
"Gene Winfield", , issue 53, December 1981, pp. 26-29, 64
"The 'Star Trek' Bloopers", Starlog, issues 54-56, 58, January-March, May 1982.
"Brick Price Movie Miniatures: The Group that Star Trek Forgot", Enterprise Incidents; special edition on the technical side, 1984, pp. 35-56.

External link
 JamesVanHise.com – author's web site

Star Trek reference authors
Star Trek publication editors