David Gerrold
(January 24, 1944 –)
David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman), an SF novelist and screenwriter, is the author of over 50 books, several hundred articles and columns, and over a dozen television episodes. He was goh at the 2015 Worldcon, Sasquan.
He was first known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles," and later, for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost and for his 1989 novelette, "The Martian Child," which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 motion picture. His juvenile SF novel, Jumping Off the Planet, received the 2001 Hal Clement Young Adult Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature.
He is openly gay and the adoptive single father of a son, Sean Friedman. Born in Chicago, Gerrold grew up LA, where he lived until October 2023, when he and his family moved to Vermont. He is a popular, opinionated figure on Facebook.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1975 -- OakLaCon
- 1979 -- Skylark Award, StellarCon IV
- 1982 -- Toastmaster at Westercon 35
- 1983 -- Constellation Con, Novacon '83
- 1984 -- R-Con, StellarCon IX
- 1985 -- Con Amore, Triangulum 1985
- 1988 -- Toastmaster at Norwescon X
- 1990 -- CopperCon 10 (Special Guest)
- 1993 -- Chattacon XVIII, CupCon
- 1994 -- InConJunction XIV
- 1995 -- 1990 Best Novelette Hugo, 1989 Best Novelette Nebula
- 1996 -- Tropicon XV
- 1997 -- Tra-La-La Con
- 1998 -- VCON 23
- 2001 -- Hal Clement Young Adult Award
- 2002 -- Rustycon 19, Philcon 2002
- 2003 -- MisCon 17
- 2004 -- Loscon 31, Gaylaxicon 2004
- 2005 -- Toastmaster at FenCon II, Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology
- 2007 -- Boskone 44, Swancon 32, Gaylaxicon 2007, Forry Award
- 2008 -- Coastcon
- 2010 -- Necronomicon 2010
- 2013 -- Astronomicon 12, Stoker Award
- 2014 -- GalaxyCon, Apollocon 2014, Keycon 31, DucKon 23
- 2015 -- Sasquan, ICON 40, LepreCon 41
- 2016 -- ConDor XXIII, Loscon 43, Baycon 2016, Bubonicon 48
- 2017 -- I-Con 32, HELIOsphere 2017
- 2018 -- MC at Westercon 71
- 2019 -- MisCon 33
- 2021 -- Rustycon 2021
- 2022 -- Robert A. Heinlein Award
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