Gregory L. Norris

Gregory L. Norris is the writer and author who pitched the original idea for the  fifth season episode  along with Laura Van Vleet which was later re-written by Michael Taylor. The two also pitched the story for the fifth season episode, re-written by Jimmy Diggs, Nick Sagan, and Bryan Fuller. 

Norris and Laura Van Vleet also pitched stories to as well as to Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, the Space Opera Society, Showtime, and Syfy. They also wrote the guide "Playing With The Big Boys: A Woman's Guide to Poker" in 2003 which was published by Barnes & Noble. 

In 2015, Norris and Michael Conroy wrote the screenplay for the horror thriller Brutal Colors. He also wrote "The Q Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (2008) and the book "The Fierce and Unforgiving Muse: A Baker’s Dozen From the Terrifying Mind of Gregory L. Norris" (2011). His story "Vortex" was published in the anthology "Down with the Fallen: A Post-Apocalyptic Horror Anthology".