Glenn Hauman

Glenn Hauman (born March 4, 1969) is an American editor, publisher, writer of novels and short stories, book illustrator, and comic book colorist. He has worked in a variety of roles in print and electronic publishing, including software and website development, as well as his television and novel work within the Star Trek and X-Men franchises.

Early life Hauman was born on March 4, 1969. He attended New York University, where he became friends with fellow writer David Alan Mack, who would also go on to become a contributor to the Star Trek franchise. While in college Hauman wrote for the student-run humor magazine, The Plague.

Career Hauman worked was an editorial consultant to Simon & Schuster Interactive for many years, during which he contributed to a number of Star Trek CD-ROMs, such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia, Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, as well as those for other properties, such as Farscape. and the Jewish weekly newspaper The Forward. He coauthored the "Redemption" story in the Star Trek: New Frontier anthology No Limits with Lisa Sullivan.

Hauman wrote the short stories "On The Air", which appeared in the anthology Ultimate X-Men, and "Chasing Hairy", which appeared in the anthology X-Men Legends. Both were featured on the Sci-Fi Channel's Seeing Ear Theater. Hauman was also a founding board member of the World Wide Web Artists Consortium, and was the former chair of their Netlaw special interest group. He also provided the color art for ComicMix's online publication of Mike Grell's Jon Sable, Freelance, which began in November 2007, and was the Assistant Editor on The Original Johnson, a biographical comic book about boxer Jack Johnson.

He serves as webmaster of the websites of writers Peter David and Robert Greenberger. In April 2011, Hauman joined with Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, and Aaron Rosenberg in assembling an electronic publishing endeavor called Crazy Eight Press, which would allow them to publish e-books directly to fans. Hauman provided the cover illustration of Peter David's 2012 vampire novel, Pulling Up Stakes.

Hauman has been a featured speaker at numerous industry trade shows, conventions, organization meetings, and the World Science Fiction Convention. In May 2018, U.S District Court Judge Janis Sammartino found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of Dr. Seuss' trademark, ruling that its book was "a highly transformative work that takes no more than necessary to accomplish its transformative purpose and will not impinge on the original market for Plaintiff's underlying work." In March 2019, Sammartino similarly found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of copyright, ruling that Oh, The Places You'll Boldly Go! was protected under Fair Use. However, in 2021 the 9th Circuit ruled against ComicMix stating “ ComicMix's book wasn't transformative because it didn't have a different purpose or character from Seuss's or alter it with new expression, meaning, or message”. ComicMix agreed to a permanent injunction on distribution in exchange for Dr. Seuss Enterprises not seeking damages.

Personal life Hauman lives in Weehawken, New Jersey.