Dayton Ward
Dayton Ward  is a writer and software developer based out of Kansas City, Missouri. He has written a large number of Star Trek novels and short stories, specifically Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers. Ward has written two Trek reference works for Insight Editions and often collaborates with Kevin Dilmore.

Ward was born in Tampa, Florida. After leaving high school, he joined the US Marine Corps, where he served for almost eleven years. He is married and has two daughters.

In 2010, Open Secrets was nominated for a Scribe Award, 2014 for From History's Shadow, and in 2016, Armageddon's Arrow won the award. In , Elusive Salvation has been nominated.

Star Trek credits 
  – "Reflections"
 Strange New Worlds II – "Almost… But Not Quite"
 Strange New Worlds III – "The Aliens Are Coming!"
 In the Name of Honor
 Interphase, Part One †
 Interphase, Part Two †
 The Aliens Are Coming!
 No Limits – "Loose Ends"
 Foundations, Book One, Book Two, and Book Three †
 A Time to Sow †
 A Time to Harvest †
 Tales of the Dominion War – "Field Expediency" †
 Home Fires †
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 Where Time Stands Still †
 Distant Early Warning †
 Summon the Thunder†
 Mere Anarchy – Things Fall Apart †
 Constellations – "First, Do No Harm" †
 Turn the Page †
 Glass Empires – "Age of the Empress: The Rise of Sato I" *
 Shards and Shadows – "Ill Winds" †
 Open Secrets ‡
 Seven Deadly Sins – "The First Peer" †
 Paths of Disharmony
 Declassified – "Almost Tomorrow"
 What Judgments Come †
 That Which Divides
 In Tempest's Wake
 From History's Shadow
 Peaceable Kingdoms
 Point of Divergence †
 Armageddon's Arrow
 All That's Left †
 Purgatory's Key †
 Elusive Salvation
 Hidden Universe Travel Guide: Vulcan
 Hearts and Minds
 Hidden Universe Travel Guide: The Klingon Empire
 Drastic Measures
 IncrediBuilds: Star Trek - USS Enterprise Deluxe Book and Model Set
 IncrediBuilds: Star Trek: The Next Generation - USS Enterprise Deluxe Book and Model Set
 Available Light
 Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual
 Agents of Influence
 Moments Asunder

† – with Kevin Dilmore
‡ – story with Kevin Dilmore
*'' – with Kevin Dilmore, story by Mike Sussman

External links 
  – author's homepage
  at LiveJournal (old)
  at Wordpress (new)
  at StarTrek.com
 
 
 

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