Devastated to hear about the loss of prolific writer Peter David. He was one of my inspirations for pursuing the craft and a fixture at Farpoint and Shore Leave SF conventions for decades.

At Farpoint 2019, I had the honor of co-hosting with Peter a screening of the Harlan Ellison documentary Dreams with Sharp Teeth after Harlan passed the previous year.

Peter often referred to himself simply as a “writer of stuff,” but that stuff encompassed decades of novels, short stories, comic books, and media tie-in work that included an award-winning 12-year run writing Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk comic book, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.  Peter was also known for his many Star Trek novels, especially his New Frontier series.

His original novels include the Knight Life trilogy, The Camelot Papers, Pulling Up Stakes, Year of the Black Rainbow, Election Day, Tigerheart, Sir Apropos of Nothing, The Woad to Wuin, and many more.

My condolences to Peter’s family and friends.