Dayton Ward


Dayton Ward is an American science fiction author primarily known for his Star Trek novels and short stories, which began with publication in the Strange New Worlds anthology series. He published stories in each of the first three Strange New Worlds volumes, making him the first author to render himself ineligible under the rules of that series. As such, future authors who achieved the same feat were said to have earned a "Wardy".
In addition, he has written numerous articles in Star Trek Communicator and Star Trek Magazine. He has also published a number of short stories in various magazines and collections. His frequent collaborator on these and other works is fellow author Kevin Dilmore.
Ward has been nominated six times for, and has won twice, the Scribe Award from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. The winning entries were Star Trek: The Next Generation: ''Armageddon's Arrow, in 2016, and Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures,'' in 2019.
Ward was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. After graduating high school, Ward enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he worked in information systems. He was eventually stationed in Kansas City, Missouri. He served for more than eleven years, before being honorably discharged. He remained in and lives with his family in Kansas City. Ward worked as a software developer and part time writer before becoming a full time writer. He also consults for CBS on Star Trek licensee projects, including publications from Simon & Schuster and IDW Publishing.

''Star Trek''

  • Strange New Worlds I
  • * "Reflections"
  • Strange New Worlds II
  • * "Almost...But Not Quite"
  • Strange New Worlds III
  • * "The Aliens Are Coming!"
  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers
  • * #4: Interphase, Part 1
  • * #5: Interphase, Part 2
  • * #17: Foundations, Book 1
  • * #18: Foundations, Book 2
  • * #19: Foundations, Book 3
  • * #25: Home Fires
  • * #39: Grand Designs
  • * #44: Where Time Stands Still
  • * #64: Distant Early Warning
  • * Turn the Page
  • Star Trek - #97: In the Name of Honor
  • Star Trek: New Frontier - No Limits
  • * "Loose Ends"
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation- A Time to Sow
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Time to Harvest
  • Star Trek - Tales of the Dominion War
  • * "Field Expediency"
  • Star Trek: Vanguard - Summon the Thunder
  • Star Trek - Constellations
  • * "First, Do No Harm"
  • Mere Anarchy
  • * Book 1: Things Fall Apart
  • Star Trek: Mirror Universe - Glass Empires
  • * Age of the Empress
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Sky's the Limit
  • * "Acts of Compassion"
  • Star Trek: Mirror Universe - Shards and Shadows
  • * "Ill Winds"
  • Star Trek: Vanguard - Open Secrets
  • Seven Deadly Sins
  • * "The First Peer"
  • Star Trek: Typhon Pact - #4: Paths of Disharmony
  • Star Trek: Vanguard - Declassified
  • Star Trek: That Which Divides
  • Star Trek: From History's Shadow
  • Star Trek: The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: Armageddon's Arrow
  • Star Trek: Elusive Salvation
  • Star Trek: Vulcan
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: Headlong Flight
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds
  • Star Trek: The Klingon Empire
  • Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: Available Light
  • Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual: A Guide to Starfleet's Most Feared Martial Art
  • ''Star Trek: Agents of Influence''

    Other

  • Planet of the Apes: An Annotated Chronology
  • Friend in Need
  • The Planet of the Apes Chronicles
  • The Last World War
  • Absent Friends
  • Enemy Unknown!
  • The Genesis Protocol
  • Getting Some Air
  • Stayin' In Vegas
  • Texas Pride: A Tale of The Last World War
  • Stop Loss
  • Jack and the Weird-Ass Box
  • Stayin' In Vegas, Part II
  • Last Stand
  • Stayin' In Vegas, Part III
  • Wet Work
  • Fresh Perspective
  • Counterstrike: The Last World War, Book 2
  • 24: Trial by Fire
  • Footprints in the Stars
  • * "Lost and Found"