Margaret Wander Bonanno

Margaret Wander Bonanno (February 7, 1950 – April 6, 2021) was an American science fiction writer, ghost writer, and small press publisher. She wrote seven Star Trek novels, science fiction novels (including The Others series and the Preternatural series), a collaborative novel with Nichelle Nichols, a biography, and other works.

Biography Bonanno was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her first novel, the feminist A Certain Slant of Light, was published by Seaview Books in 1979.

After two well-received Star Trek novels, Dwellers in the Crucible (1985) and Strangers from the Sky (1985), Bonanno's next novel, ultimately titled Probe, was the victim of changes in the franchise. With the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Paramount took a closer role in supervising the books, disallowing story elements that were said to conflict with Gene Roddenberry's idea of Star Trek. Instead of being rejected, Probe was heavily edited and ultimately mostly written by Gene DeWeese. Bonanno said that Probe contained only "seven percent" of her original material.

Bonanno's public disavowal of the book

Other science fiction

Saturn's Child (Putnam Adult, 1996) with Nichelle Nichols Ailuranth (Bowker, 2018)

Others series The Others (St. Martin's Press, 1990) OtherWhere (St. Martin's Press, 1991) OtherWise (St. Martin's Press, 1993) ISBN 978-0312093587

Preternatural series Preternatural (Tor Books, 1997) Preternatural Too: Gyre (Tor Books, 2001) Preternatural3 (Tor Books, 2002)

Mainstream fiction A Certain Slant of Light (Seaview Books, 1979) Ember Days (Seaview Books, 1980) Callbacks (Seaview Books, 1981) Risks (St. Martin's Press, 1989) Ain't Exactly Clear (Van Wander Press, 2016)

Children's books Destination Mars (Zebra Books, 1991) as by Rick North (part of the Young Astronauts series) Citizens of Mars (Zebra Books, 1991) as by Rick North (part of the Young Astronauts series)

Nonfiction Angela Lansbury: A Biography (St. Martin's Press, 1987)