DAYTON WARD is the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of more than twenty novels, often working with friend and co-writer Kevin Dilmore. He's also written (or co-written) for Star Trek Communicator, Star Trek Magazine, Syfy.com, StarTrek.com, and Tor.com, and is a monthly contributor to the Novel Spaces writers blog. Ward is known to wax nostalgic about all manner of geek and sundry topics over on his own blog.