Vonda N. McIntyre

Vonda Neel McIntyre was the author of several Star Trek novels and novelizations. These include The Entropy Effect, ', ', and .

McIntyre was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and moved around a lot in her childhood, including living abroad in the Netherlands. Her family eventually moved to Seattle, where she attended the University of Washington. She also attended the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (of which she was a founding member) in 1970. She continued to live in Seattle. McIntyre also wrote many non-Star Trek science fiction novels, winning Nebula Awards and a Hugo Award. It was McIntyre who came up with Sulu's first name, "Hikaru" in The Entropy Effect, which was made canon by ten years after the release of the novel. She also wrote Star Wars tie-ins.

McIntyre passed away on 1 April 2019, at the age of 70.