Kathy Oltion is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novelist known primarily for her Star Trek

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

work, which began with publication in the first two Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was an annual collection of short stories set in the Star Trek universe, written by amateur writers chosen through an open submissions process. The first volume was published in 1998, with the tenth and final volume published in 2007...

anthologies from Pocket Books

Pocket Books

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 ("See Spot Run" in the first, "The Quick and the Dead" in the second).

She also co-wrote the novel Star Trek: New Earth: The Flaming Arrow

The Flaming Arrow

The Flaming Arrow is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Kathy Oltion and Jerry Oltion.-Synopsis:Belle Terre is a new human colony set up on a vitally strategic new planet. It is to be a much-needed stop-over point for human expansion...

(Book Four of Six) with her husband, Jerry Oltion

Jerry Oltion

Jerry Oltion is a science fiction author from Eugene, Oregon, known for numerous novels and short stories, including books in the Star Trek series...

. Both authors live in Eugene, Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

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In addition to writing science fiction, Kathy Oltion also works in a medical laboratory.

She is a member of the Wordos

Wordos

The Wordos is a writing workshop based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Its members meet once a week to critique stories and discuss the art, craft, and business of writing. It is a long-running speculative fiction critique group, and has a high concentration of published authors. However, having...

writers' group.

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