Peter Allan Fields
Peter Allan Fields  was a writer of many  and  episodes. He was also executive script consultant on Next Generation during the latter half of the fifth ( – ) and during the sixth season. He then became a co-producer on Deep Space Nine during its first season and producer for its second season. Field contributed to three DS9 episodes after he left the writing staff. Showrunner Ira Steven Behr has credited Fields for the introduction of the Elim Garak character. (What We Left Behind)

Fields was interviewed by Terry J. Erdmann in the  and by Bill Florence for the article "Peter Allan Fields – Man of , published in .

Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented that he thought Fields had fought in the Korean War, having joined the Marine Corps at 16 after lying about his age. He was apparently taken prisoner, released by his captors and returned home, only to be drafted and sent back to Korea.

Career
Before Star Trek and following his career as a lawyer, Fields wrote several episodes for The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the show Deep Space Nine did a homage to with Del Floria's Tailor Shop on Deep Space 9's Promenade. Later, Fields was as an associate producer and writer on McCloud, an NBC series starring Diana Muldaur. Soon afterwards, he became a writer and executive story consultant for the popular ABC series The Six Million Dollar Man. 

In addition to his work on Deep Space Nine, Fields worked with DS9 co-creator Michael Piller on the latter's short-lived UPN series, Legend (1995, starring John de Lancie). Other television shows for which Fields wrote include Knight Rider (1986), Jake and the Fatman (1988), and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-1996).

Star Trek credits 
 
  (teleplay, story with Ted Roberts)
 
  (teleplay with Morgan Gendel)
 
  (teleplay with D.C. Fontana, story)
 
  (teleplay)
 
 
 
  (teleplay with Michael Piller, story)
 
  (story)
  (story)

Star Trek award 
Peter Allan Fields received the following award:
Hugo Award
  Hugo Award in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation" as Teleplay Writer for the episode , shared with Morgan Gendel and Peter Lauritson

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