David Gerrold (born January 24, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and for his novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.

Biography

David Gerrold a d'abord été quelque temps acteur et réalisateur avant de se lancer sur la scène de la science-fiction.
Il travailla quelque temps en collaboration avec Larry Niven, écrivit des scénarios pour Star Trek et composa plusieurs anthologies.