Derek Tyler Attico

Derek Tyler Attico is a science fiction author, essayist, and photographer. He won the Excellence in Playwriting Award from the Dramatist Guild of America. He is also a two-time winner of the Star Trek Strange New Worlds short story contest ("Alpha & Omega," "The Dreamer and the Dream") published by Simon and Schuster. And the author of the Star Trek Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko from Titan Books.

His short stories have been published by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, Crazy 8 Press and others. His essays appear in print from Star Trek Magazine and ATB Publishing.

Derek is also a contributing writer for the Star Trek Adventures role-playing game and an RPG designer. With a degree in English and History, Derek is an advocate of the arts, human rights, and inclusion. Derek can be found at DerekAttico.com and on social media @Dattico.