Interview with Star Trek's Dynamic Duo - DAYTON WARD & KEVIN DILMORE
Host Russ Colchamiro interviews authors Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore about their enduring bromance and their Star Trek collaborations
DAYTON WARD is a New York Times bestselling author or co-author of nearly forty novels and novellas, often working with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. With Kevin and fellow author David Mack, he helped develop Star Trek: Seekers, the "literary spin-off" to the critically acclaimed Star Trek Vanguard novel series.His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies, and he's written for publications such as NCO Journal, Kansas City Voices, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Star Trek and Star Trek Communicator as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com.Dayton's newest works for 2020 include the Star Trek humor book Kirk Fu: A Guide to the Final Frontier’s Most Feared Martial Art, the Star Trek novel Agents of Influence, and short stories co-written with Kevin and included in the forthcoming anthologies Pangaea III and It Came from the Multiplex.
Before making the jump to full-time writing, Dayton was a software developer, having discovered the private sector after serving for eleven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Though he currently lives in Kansas City with his wife and two daughters, Dayton is a Florida native and still maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Visit him on the web at http://www.daytonward.com.
KEVIN DILMORE has teamed with author and best pal Dayton Ward for nearly 20 years on novels, shorter fiction and other writings chiefly in the Star Trek universe. As a senior writer for Hallmark Cards, Kevin has helped create books, Keepsake Ornaments, greeting cards and other products featuring characters from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Star Trek, Star Wars, and other properties. He served as a content approver for the recent Rainbow Brite comics series by Dynamite Entertainment. A contributor to publications including the Village Voice, Amazing Stories, Star Trek Communicator, and Famous Monsters of Filmland, he lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
RUSS COLCHAMIRO is the author of SFF novels Crossline, Finders Keepers, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, editor of the SciFi mystery anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, and co-author and editor of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls. His latest novel, Fractured Lives, is the second in an ongoing series featuring his intergalactic private eye Angela Hardwicke.
Russ is a member of the Mystery Writers Association of America and is host of the Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster podcast, interviewing a who’s who of science fiction, crime, and mystery authors. You can follow him on Facebook, and Twitter and Instagram @authorduderuss, and on his website russcolchamiro.com
Host Russ Colchamiro interviews authors Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore about their enduring bromance and their Star Trek collaborations
DAYTON WARD is a New York Times bestselling author or co-author of nearly forty novels and novellas, often working with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. With Kevin and fellow author David Mack, he helped develop Star Trek: Seekers, the "literary spin-off" to the critically acclaimed Star Trek Vanguard novel series.His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies, and he's written for publications such as NCO Journal, Kansas City Voices, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Star Trek and Star Trek Communicator as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com.Dayton's newest works for 2020 include the Star Trek humor book Kirk Fu: A Guide to the Final Frontier’s Most Feared Martial Art, the Star Trek novel Agents of Influence, and short stories co-written with Kevin and included in the forthcoming anthologies Pangaea III and It Came from the Multiplex.
Before making the jump to full-time writing, Dayton was a software developer, having discovered the private sector after serving for eleven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Though he currently lives in Kansas City with his wife and two daughters, Dayton is a Florida native and still maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Visit him on the web at http://www.daytonward.com.
KEVIN DILMORE has teamed with author and best pal Dayton Ward for nearly 20 years on novels, shorter fiction and other writings chiefly in the Star Trek universe. As a senior writer for Hallmark Cards, Kevin has helped create books, Keepsake Ornaments, greeting cards and other products featuring characters from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Star Trek, Star Wars, and other properties. He served as a content approver for the recent Rainbow Brite comics series by Dynamite Entertainment. A contributor to publications including the Village Voice, Amazing Stories, Star Trek Communicator, and Famous Monsters of Filmland, he lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
RUSS COLCHAMIRO is the author of SFF novels Crossline, Finders Keepers, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, editor of the SciFi mystery anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, and co-author and editor of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls. His latest novel, Fractured Lives, is the second in an ongoing series featuring his intergalactic private eye Angela Hardwicke.
Russ is a member of the Mystery Writers Association of America and is host of the Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster podcast, interviewing a who’s who of science fiction, crime, and mystery authors. You can follow him on Facebook, and Twitter and Instagram @authorduderuss, and on his website russcolchamiro.com