American novelist and screenwriter who wrote a long run of Voyager novels before joining Discovery, co-creating Star Trek: Picard and writing for Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy.
Kirsten Beyer first became known to Star Trek readers as the author of the Voyager relaunch novels, beginning with Fusion in 2005 and continuing through Full Circle, Unworthy, The Eternal Tide and others up to To Lose the Earth in 2020.
She joined the writing staff of Star Trek: Discovery, where her scripts include Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, Saints of Imperfection and Unification III, and she wrote the Short Treks episode Children of Mars. She is credited as a co-creator of Star Trek: Picard with Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon and Alex Kurtzman, and wrote Stardust City Rag and Mercy.
Later she co-wrote Among the Lotus Eaters and Wedding Bell Blues for Strange New Worlds, and Series Acclimation Mil, 300th Night and Rubincon for Starfleet Academy.