American speculative fiction writer whose teleplay became The City on the Edge of Forever, often ranked the best Original Series episode.
Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) was an American writer of speculative fiction, known for short stories such as I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream and for editing the anthology Dangerous Visions. He wrote more than a thousand works across fiction, essays and screenplays.
His Star Trek teleplay The City on the Edge of Forever sends Kirk and Spock back to 1930s New York, where Kirk falls in love with Edith Keeler. The script was substantially rewritten by the production staff before filming. Ellison's original version won a Writers Guild of America award, and the broadcast episode won the Hugo Award for dramatic presentation.