Kirsten Beyer


Kirsten Beyer is an American science fiction writer, best known for her based on the ' television series. She is a staff writer for ', and functions as the coordinator for Discovery tie-in media, such as comic books and novels, on behalf of CBS.
She has also written for the Buffyverse.

Career

Little is known of Beyer's career prior to her involvement with Star Trek: Voyager.
After corresponding with Voyager show runner Jeri Taylor and expressing an interest in writing for television, Beyer was invited to pitch for the series. She pitched stories from seasons five until seven, but none were produced.
Beyer was encouraged to send a query package to Pocket Books by her writing partner, Heather Jarman, sometime prior to 2005. Her query was accepted, and development of a new Voyager tie-in novel began. However, the editor leading the development at the time moved on to other projects, and the novel under development was never realized. Beyer was later introduced to Marco Palmieri, editor of the Star Trek line at Pocket Books, while attending the Shore Leave science fiction convention with Jarman. Palmieri agreed to accept samples of her work, and invited Beyer to write for him a few days later.
Beyer's first novel with Palmieri was Fusion, the second book in the Voyager: String Theory miniseries. A subplot of the novel, involving the Vulcan character Tuvok, was originally pitched as an episode of Voyager, titled "Siren's Song". Another un-produced pitch was reworked as the short story "Isabo's Shirt", anthologized in Distant Shores. Beyer becoming the lead writer of the Voyager novel series, replacing Christie Golden, with the release of Full Circle in March 2009. She has completed nine novels since 2000, with a tenth planned.
In May 2016, Beyer was hired as a staff writer for . She believes she was recruited because of her familiarity with Star Trek canon, and because of her experience as a tie-in fiction writer. She has contributed to the Discovery comics line published by IDW from its first issue.

''Star Trek''

''Voyager'' (2005–present)

Star Trek: Voyager novels are published by Simon & Schuster.
TitleAuthorDateISBN
FusionKirsten BeyerOctober 25, 2005
Distant Shores "Isabo's Shirt", by Kirsten BeyerMarco Palmieri, ed.November 1, 2005
Full CircleKirsten BeyerMarch 31, 2009
UnworthyKirsten BeyerSeptember 29, 2009
Children of the StormKirsten BeyerMay 31, 2011
The Eternal TideKirsten BeyerAugust 28, 2012
ProtectorsKirsten BeyerJanuary 28, 2014
Acts of ContritionKirsten BeyerSeptember 30, 2014
AtonementKirsten BeyerAugust 25, 2015
A Pocket Full of LiesKirsten BeyerJanuary 26, 2016
Architects of InfinityKirsten BeyerMarch 27, 2018
To Lose the Earth Kirsten BeyerOctober 13, 2020

''Discovery'' (2017–2019)

Star Trek: Discovery comics are published by IDW Publishing. Co-written by Mike Johnson. Beyer is credited as "Comic story writer".
IssueIssue DateCollectionDateISBN
The Light of Kahless, Issue 1November 29, 2017The Light of Kahless, 1August 8, 2018
The Light of Kahless, Issue 2January 24, 2018The Light of Kahless, 1August 8, 2018
The Light of Kahless, Issue 3March 14, 2018The Light of Kahless, 1August 8, 2018
The Light of Kahless, Issue 4May 30, 2018The Light of Kahless, 1August 8, 2018
Succession, Issue 1April 18, 2018Succession, Vol. 1October 9, 2018
Succession, Issue 2May 23, 2018Succession, Vol. 1October 9, 2018
Succession, Issue 3June 27, 2018Succession, Vol. 1October 9, 2018
Succession, Issue 4August 1, 2018Succession, Vol. 1October 9, 2018
Star Trek: Discovery Annual 2018March 28, 2018Succession, Vol. 1October 9, 2018
Captain Saru March 13, 2019———
Aftermath, Issue 1September 4, 2019Aftermath, Vol. 1 Apr 14, 2020
Aftermath, Issue 2September 25, 2019Aftermath, Vol. 1 Apr 14, 2020
Aftermath, Issue 3November 20, 2019Aftermath, Vol. 1 Apr 14, 2020

''Picard'' (2019–present)

Star Trek: Picard'Countdown comic miniseries serves as a prequel to '. Artist is Angel Hernández.
IssueIssue DateCollectionDateISBN
1November 27, 2019Countdown, 1 June 30, 2020
2December 18, 2019Countdown, 1 June 30, 2020
3January 29, 2020Countdown'', 1 June 30, 2020

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (2008)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels are published by Simon & Schuster
  • One Thing or Your Mother .

    Short fiction (2009)

  • "Widow's Weed's", Space Grunts: Full Throttle Space Tales 3,, Dayton Ward, ed., Flying Pen Press.

    Television