Jacqueline Lichtenberg
An active science fiction fan since 7th Grade, I created the Sime~Gen Universe when I was 10-15 years old. When I was 25 and a new mother, I sold the first story to be published written in this universe. It is Operation High Time, and was bought by Fred Pohl, who later also bought my first non-fiction book, Star Trek Lives! I was a Star Trek fan before there was a Star Trek fandom because Star Trek flung my own visions onto the TV Screen.