Peter David
Writer
Long Island, NY
Biography:
Peter David is a prolific author whose career, and continued popularity, spans nearly two decades. He has worked in every conceivable medium: television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction, and audio), short stories, and comic books, and acquired followings in all of them.
In the literary field, Peter has had over forty novels published, including numerous appearances on the New York Times Bestseller List. Publisher's Weekly described him as "a genuine and veteran master." Probably his greatest fame comes from the high profile realm of Star Trek novels, where he is the most popular writer of the series, with his title Imzadi being one of the bestselling Star Trek novels of all time. He is also co-creator and author of the bestselling New Frontier series for Pocket Books. A partial list of his titles include Q-Squared, The Siege, Q-in-Law, Vendetta, I, Q (with John DeLancie), and A Rock and a Hard Place, plus such original science fiction and fantasy works as Knight Life, Howling Mad, and the Psi-Man adventure novels. He also produced the three Babylon 5 Centauri Prime novels. He has also had short stories appear in such collections as Shock Rock, Shock Rock II, and Otherwere, as well as Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Peter has written more comics than can possibly be listed here, remaining consistently one of the most acclaimed writers in the field. His resume includes an award-winning twelve-year run on The Incredible Hulk. He has also worked on such varied and popular titles as Supergirl, Young Justice, Soulsearchers and Company, Aquaman, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, X-Factor, Star Trek, Wolverine, The Phantom, Sachs & Violence, and many others. He has also written comic book related novels, such as The Hulk: What Savage Beast, and co-edited The Ultimiate Hulk short story collection. Furthermore, his opinion column But I Digress has been running in the industry trade newspaper The Comics Buyers Guide for nearly a decade, and in that time has been the paper's consistently most popular feature, which was also collected into a trade paperback edition.
Peter is the co-creator, with popular science fiction icon Bill Mumy (of Lost in Space and Babylon 5 fame) of the Cable Ace Award-nominated science fiction series Space Cases, which ran for two seasons on Nickelodeon. He has also written several scripts for the Hugo Award-winning TV series Babylon 5, and the sequel series, Crusade, as well as the animated series Roswell. He has also written several films for Full Moon Entertainment and co-produced two of them, including two installments in the popular Trancers series as well as the science fiction western spoof Oblivion, which won the Gold Award at the 1994 Houston International Film Festival for best Theatrical Feature Film, Fantasy/Horror Category.
Peter's awards and citations span not only an assortment of fields, but the globe. They include: the Haxtur Award 1996 (Spain), Best Comic Script; OZCon 1995 award (Australia), Favorite International Writer; Comics Buyers Guide 1995 Fan Awards, Favorite Writer; Wizard Fan Award Winner 1993; Golden Duck Award for Young Adult Series (Starfleet Academy), 1994; UK Comic Art Award, 1993; Will Eisner Comic Industry Award, 1993. Recently, his work was again nominated in two categories for the Eisners. In the 1999 SFX Readers Award he was the sixth most popular author in the field, with four of his books finishing in the top ten in their category ("The Peter David Midas touch continues," wrote the SFX editors.)
Sci-fi Convention Guest Appearances
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2022
GalaxyCon Columbus 2022 - December 2-4, 2022 in Columbus, OHCancelled AppearanceWindsor ComiCon 2022 - October 29-30, 2022 in Windsor, ON, CanadaConvention Cancelled- Dragon Con 2022 - September 1-5, 2022 in Atlanta, GA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2022 - July 28-31, 2022 in Raleigh, NC
- Shore Leave 2022 - July 15-17, 2022 in Hunt Valley, MD
- Montreal Comiccon 2022 - July 8-10, 2022 in Montreal, QC, Canada
- HELIOsphere 2022 - March 25-27, 2022 in Piscataway, NJ 2021
- Dragon Con 2021 - September 2-6, 2021 in Atlanta, GA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2021 - July 29 - August 1, 2021 in Raleigh, NC
HELIOsphere 2021 - April 9-11, 2021 in Tarrytown, NYConvention Cancelled 2020Dragon Con 2020 - September 3-7, 2020 in Atlanta, GAConvention Went Online-OnlyHELIOsphere 2020 - April 3-5, 2020 in Tarrytown, NYConvention Cancelled 2019- GalaxyCon Louisville 2019 - November 22-24, 2019 in Louisville, KY
- GalaxyCon Minneapolis 2019 - November 8-10, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN
- Dragon Con 2019 - August 29 - September 2, 2019 in Atlanta, GA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2019 - July 25-28, 2019 in Raleigh, NC
- Shore Leave 2019 - July 12-14, 2019 in Hunt Valley, MD
- CONvergence 2019 - July 4-7, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN
(Re)Generation Who 2019 - March 29-31, 2019 in Rockville, MDConvention Cancelled 2018Vegas Fan Fusion 2018 - September 28-30, 2018 in Las Vegas, NVConvention Cancelled- Dragon Con 2018 - August 30 - September 3, 2018 in Atlanta, GA
- Minnesota Fan Fusion 2018 - August 3-5, 2018 in St. Paul, MN
- Raleigh Supercon 2018 - July 27-29, 2018 in Raleigh, NC
- Florida Supercon 2018 - July 12-15, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Shore Leave 2018 - July 6-8, 2018 in Hunt Valley, MD
- Phoenix Comic Fest 2018 - May 24-27, 2018 in Phoenix, AZ
- Farpoint 2018 - February 9-11, 2018 in Hunt Valley, MD
- Chattacon 2018 - January 19-21, 2018 in Chattanooga, TN 2017
- L.I. Who 2017 - November 10-12, 2017 in Hauppauge, NY
- Dragon Con 2017 - September 1-4, 2017 in Atlanta, GA
- TerrifiCon 2017 - August 18-20, 2017 in Uncasville, CT
- Florida Supercon 2017 - July 27-30, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Phoenix Comicon 2017 - May 25-28, 2017 in Phoenix, AZ
- I-Con 2017 - March 17-19, 2017 in Farmingville, NY
- Farpoint 2017 - February 17-19, 2017 in Timonium, MD 2016
Santa Fe Comic Con 2016 - October 21-23, 2016 in Santa Fe, NMCancelled Appearance- Dragon Con 2016 - September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta, GA
- TerrifiCon 2016 - August 19-21, 2016 in Uncasville, CT
- MegaCon 2016 - May 26-29, 2016 in Orlando, FL
- Keycon 2016 - May 20-22, 2016 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Farpoint 2016 - February 12-14, 2016 in Timonium, MD 2015
- Dragon Con 2015 - September 4-7, 2015 in Atlanta, GA
- LI-Con 2015 - August 14-16, 2015 in Ronkonkoma, NY
- MystiCon 2015 - February 27 - March 1, 2015 in Roanoke, VA
- Farpoint 2015 - February 13-15, 2015 in Timonium, MD 2014
- Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo 2014 - October 31 - November 2, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA
- Dragon Con 2014 - August 29 - September 1, 2014 in Atlanta, GA
- Florida Supercon 2014 - July 3-6, 2014 in Miami, FL
- Space City Con 2014 - January 3-5, 2014 in Galveston, TX 2013
- Astronomicon 2013 - November 15-17, 2013 in Rochester, NY
- Dragon Con 2013 - August 30 - September 2, 2013 in Atlanta, GA
- Farpoint 2013 - February 15-17, 2013 in Timonium, MD 2012
- Dragon*Con 2012 - August 31 - September 3, 2012 in Atlanta, GA
- I-Con 2012 - March 30 - April 1, 2012 in Stony Brook, NY 2011
- Dragon*Con 2011 - September 2-5, 2011 in Atlanta, GA 2010
- Dragon*Con 2010 - September 3-6, 2010 in Atlanta, GA
- I-Con 2010 - March 26-28, 2010 in Stony Brook, NY 2009
- Armageddon Expo Auckland 2009 - October 24-26, 2009 in Greenlane, New Zealand
- Armageddon Expo Melbourne 2009 - October 17-18, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia
- Dragon*Con 2009 - September 4-7, 2009 in Atlanta, GA
- Babel Con 2009 - July 17-19, 2009 in Baton Rouge, LA
- I-Con 2009 - April 3-5, 2009 in Ronkonkoma, NY 2008
- Dragon*Con 2008 - August 29 - September 1, 2008 in Atlanta, GA
- I-Con 2008 - April 4-6, 2008 in Stony Brook, NY 2007
- Dragon*Con 2007 - August 31 - September 3, 2007 in Atlanta, GA
- I-Con 2007 - March 23-25, 2007 in Stony Brook, NY 2006
- Ad Astra 2006 - March 31 - April 2, 2006 in Toronto, ON, Canada
- I-Con 2006 - March 24-26, 2006 in Stony Brook, NY 2005
- Dragon*Con 2005 - September 2-5, 2005 in Atlanta, GA 2004
- DreamCon 2004 - June 11-13, 2004 in Jacksonville, FL
- To Be CONtinued 2004 - April 9-11, 2004 in Rosemont, IL 2003
- Philcon 2003 - December 12-14, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA
- AggieCon 2003 - March 20-23, 2003 in College Station, TX 1997
- I-Con 1997 - April 4-6, 1997 in Stony Brook, NY 1995
- Chicago Comicon 1995 - June 30 - July 2, 1995 in Rosemont, IL 1993
- AggieCon 1993 - March 1993 in College Station, TX 1991
- WishCon 1991 - November 8-10, 1991 in Springfield, MA
69 confirmed guest appearances
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