American writer (1952–2002) who began as an intern on The Next Generation and earned story or script credits on that series and Deep Space Nine, later writing extensively for animated superhero series.
Hilary J. Bader was an American television writer who came to Star Trek through the writing internship programme on The Next Generation and went on to sell stories to two series.
For The Next Generation she shared the writing of The Loss, supplied the story for Hero Worship and wrote Dark Page, in which Lwaxana Troi collapses under a buried memory. For Deep Space Nine she provided the stories for Battle Lines, Rules of Acquisition and Explorers.
She also wrote Star Trek interactive games and comics, and became a prolific writer for Warner Bros. animation, including Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures and Batman Beyond. She died in 2002.