DAVID, Peter (Allen)

(1956-)

   US writer, many of whose books are signed David Peters. As PD he has concentrated on fantasies like Knight Life (1987), a tale in which Arthur is put into the modern world, and Howling Mad: A Tale of Relenting Horror (1989); on film ties like The Return of Swamp Thing * (1989),The Rocketeer * (1991) and Alien Nation: Body and Soul * (1993), tied to a cancelled tv series; and on Star Trek ties, STAR TREK novels including The Rift * (1991), The Disinherited * (1992) with Michael Jan FRIEDMAN and Robert Greenberger, and Who Killed Captain Kirk? * (graph 1993) illus Tom Sutton and Gordon Purcell; several STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION tales: Strike Zone * (1989), A Rock and a Hard Place * (1990), Vendetta * (1991), Q-in-Law * (1991), Imzadi * (1992), Starfleet Academy: Whorf's First Adventure * (1993), Starfleet Academy: Line of Fire * (1993), Starfleet Academy: Survival *(1993) and Q-Squared * (1994).As David Peters, he is responsible for two sequences: the Photon game-tie series - Photon: For the Glory * (1987), \#2: High Stakes * (1987), \#3: In Search of Mom * (1987), \#4: This is Your Life, Bhodi Li * (1987), \#5: Exile * (1987) and \#6: Skin Deep * (1988) - and the Psi-Man series - Psi-Man (1990), Psi-Man: Deathscape (1991), \#3: Main Street D.O.A. (1991), \#4: The Chaos Kid (1991), \#5: Stalker (1991) and \#6: Haven (1991).

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