Andy Mangels

Andy Mangels is a writer of many Star Trek comics and novels, in collaboration with Michael A. Martin. Although some of his novels feature the recurring homosexual character of Ranul Keru (ex-lover of 's Lt. ), contrary to some claims, he is not the first Trek writer to place a homosexual character in a novel (see The Best and the Brightest by Susan Wright for a minor character, and the Star Trek: SCE series of eBooks). Keru is the first significantly-featured homosexual character in paper novels, however, and Mangels (an openly gay man) and Martin have consistently featured characters of a diverse sexuality, as well as diverse ethnicities, religious backgrounds, and physical abilities, in all of their works.

Writing credits

 * Comics
 * Marvel DS9 #10: "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom"
 * Marvel DS9 #11: "Four Funerals and a Wedding"
 * Marvel DS9 #12: "Command Decisions"
 * Marvel DS9 #13: ""
 * Marvel DS9 #14: "Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen"
 * Marvel DS9 #15: "Requiem in Obsidian"
 * Star Trek Unlimited #10: "A Piece of Reaction"
 * Novels
 * Star Trek: Section 31: 
 * Mission Gamma #3: Cathedral
 * Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers#30: Ishtar Rising, Book 1
 * Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers#31: Ishtar Rising, Book 2
 * The Lost Era #1: The Sundered
 * Prophecy and Change ("The Orb of Opportunity")
 * Tales of the Dominion War ("Requital")
 * Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Two ("Trill: Unjoined")
 * Star Trek: Titan #1: Taking Wing
 * Star Trek: Titan #2: The Red King
 * Tales from the Captain's Table ("Improvisations on the Opal Sea: A Tale of Dubious Credibility")
 * Last Full Measure
 * The Good That Men Do
 * Forged in Fire
 * Reference works
 * Creating the Filmation Generation – 2012, co-author
 * Creating the Filmation Generation – 2012, co-author