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'''Michael Jan Friedman''' is one of the most prolific novelists for [[Pocket Books]]' line of ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[novels]], perhaps best known for creating the characters that would crew the ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer]]'' series of books. He assisted [[John J. Ordover]] in developing the ''Double Helix'' six-part miniseries.
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'''Michael Jan Friedman''' {{born|7|March|1955}} is one of the most prolific novelists for [[Pocket Books]]' line of ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[novels]], perhaps best known for creating the characters that would crew the ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer]]'' series of books. He assisted [[John J. Ordover]] in developing the ''Double Helix'' six-part miniseries. He also co-wrote the story for the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode {{e|Resistance}}. He was interviewed by Michael McAvennie for the article "Michael Jan Friedman - When Darkness Calls", published in ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]'' Vol. 9, pp. 56-59.
   
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He is known in [[comics]] as a writer of superhero and sci-fi/fantasy, as a comic writer he was a regular contributor to various of [[DC Comics]]' later ''Star Trek'' series.
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Friedman is known in [[comics]] as a writer of superhero and science fiction/fantasy, as a comic writer he was a regular contributor to various of [[DC Comics]]' later ''Star Trek'' series.
   
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He is extremely prolific. Of his seventy plus novels, more than half are set in the Trek universe.[http://www.michaeljanfriedman.net/?page_id=338]
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He also co-wrote the story for [[VOY]]: "[[Resistance]]".
  
   
 
== Bibliography ==
  
== Bibliography ==
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===TV episode===
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* {{VOY|Resistance}}
 
=== Novels ===
  
=== Novels ===
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<div class="appear">
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* [[Pocket TOS|Star Trek: The Original Series]]
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* ''[[Pocket TOS|Star Trek: The Original Series]]''
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** #45: [[Double, Double]] (1989)
  
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** #56: [[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]] (1991)
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** #45: ''[[Double, Double]]'' (1989)
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** #58: [[Faces of Fire]] (1992)
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** #56: ''[[Legacy]]'' (1991)
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** #58: ''[[Faces of Fire]]'' (1992)
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** #59: [[The Disinherited]] (with [[Peter David]] and [[Robert Greenberger]], 1992)
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** #59: ''[[The Disinherited]]'' (with [[Peter David]] and [[Robert Greenberger]], 1992)
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** [[Shadows on the Sun]] (1993)
  
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** #85-87: My Brother's Keeper (1999)
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** ''[[Shadows on the Sun]]'' (1993)
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** #85-87: ''My Brother's Keeper'' (1999)
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*** #1: [[Republic (novel)|''Republic'']]
  
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*** #2: [[Constitution (novel)|''Constitution'']]
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*** #1: ''[[Republic (novel)|Republic]]''
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*** #3: [[Enterprise (novel)|''Enterprise'']]
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*** #2: ''[[Constitution (novel)|Constitution]]''
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*** #3: ''[[Enterprise (novel)|Enterprise]]''
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* [[Pocket TNG|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]
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* ''[[Pocket TNG|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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** #9: [[A Call to Darkness]] (1989)
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** #9: ''[[A Call to Darkness]]'' (1989)
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** #12: [[Doomsday World]] (with [[Carmen Carter]], Peter David, and Robert Greenberger, 1990)
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** #12: ''[[Doomsday World]]'' (with [[Carmen Carter]], Peter David, and Robert Greenberger, 1990)
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** #15: [[Fortune's Light]] (1991)
  
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** [[Reunion (novel)|Reunion]] (1991)
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** #15: ''[[Fortune's Light]]'' (1991)
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** [[Relics (novel)|Relics]] (1992)
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** ''[[Reunion]]'' (1991)
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** [[All Good Things... (novel)|All Good Things...]] (1994)
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** ''[[Relics (novel)|Relics]]'' (1992)
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** #32: [[Requiem (TNG novel)|Requiem]] (1994)
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** ''[[All Good Things... (novel)|All Good Things...]]'' (1994)
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** [[Crossover (novel)|Crossover]] (1995)
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** #32: ''[[Requiem (TNG novel)|Requiem]]'' (1994)
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** [[Kahless (novel)|Kahless]] (1996)
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** ''[[Crossover (novel)|Crossover]]'' (1995)
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** ''[[Kahless (novel)|Kahless]]'' (1996)
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** The Captain's Table #2: [[Dujonian's Hoard]] (1998)
  
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** #56: Double Helix #6: [[The First Virtue]] (with [[Christie Golden]], 1999)
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** ''[[Star Trek: The Captain's Table|The Captain's Table]]'' #2: ''[[Dujonian's Hoard]]'' (1998)
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** #56: ''[[Double Helix]]'' #6: ''[[The First Virtue]]'' (with [[Christie Golden]], 1999)
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** [[The Valiant|The ''Valiant'']] (2000)
  
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** [[Death in Winter]] (2005)
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** ''[[The Valiant]]'' (2000)
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** ''[[Death in Winter]]'' (2005)
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* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy|Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starfleet Academy]]
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* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy]]'':
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** #6: [[Mystery of the Missing Crew]] (1995)
  
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** #7: [[Secret of the Lizard People]] (1995)
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** #6: ''[[Mystery of the Missing Crew]]'' (1995)
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** #7: ''[[Secret of the Lizard People]]'' (1995)
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* Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men
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* ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' / ''X-Men''
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** [[Planet X]] (1998)
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** ''[[Planet X (novel)|Planet X]]'' (1998)
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* [[Pocket DS9|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]
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* ''[[Pocket DS9|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'':
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** #18: [[Saratoga (novel)|''Saratoga'']] (1996)
  
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** #18: ''[[Saratoga (novel)|Saratoga]]'' (1996)
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** #20: [[Wrath of the Prophets]] with Peter David and Robert Greenberger (1997)
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** #20: ''[[Wrath of the Prophets]]'' with Peter David and Robert Greenberger (1997)
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* [[Pocket VOY|Star Trek: ''Voyager'']]
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* ''[[Pocket VOY|Star Trek: Voyager]]'':
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** Day of Honor #3: [[Her Klingon Soul]] (1997)
  
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** [[Day of Honor (novel)|Day of Honor]] (1997)
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** Day of Honor #3: ''[[Her Klingon Soul]]'' (1997)
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** ''[[Day of Honor (novel)|Day of Honor]]'' (1997)
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* [[Star Trek: Stargazer|Star Trek: ''Stargazer'']]
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* ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer]]'':
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** #1: [[Gauntlet]] (2002)
  
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** #2: [[Stargazer: Progenitor|Progenitor]] (2002)
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** #1: ''[[Gauntlet]]'' (2002)
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** #3: [[Stargazer: Three|Three]] (2003)
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** #2: ''[[Stargazer: Progenitor|Progenitor]]'' (2002)
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** #4: [[Oblivion]] (2003)
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** #3: ''[[Stargazer: Three|Three]]'' (2003)
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** #5: [[Enigma]] (2004)
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** #4: ''[[Oblivion]]'' (2003)
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** #6: [[Maker]] (2004)
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** #5: ''[[Enigma]]'' (2004)
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** #6: ''[[Maker]]'' (2004)
 
* Other
 
* Other
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** [[New Worlds, New Civilizations]] (1999)
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** ''[[Starfleet: Year One]]'' (2002)
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** [[Starfleet: Year One]] (2002)
  
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===Comics===
  
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=== Short stories ===
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* [[DC TOS Annual]]:
 
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** #4 "[[To Walk the Night]]"
  
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*''[[The Lives of Dax]]'' - "Old Souls" (1999)
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*''[[Star Trek: Enterprise Logs]]'' - "The Avenger" (2000)
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*''[[Tales of the Dominion War]]'' - "What Dreams May Come" (2004)
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*''[[Tales from the Captain's Table]]'' - "Darkness" (2005)
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*''[[Star Trek: Mirror Universe]]'': ''[[Shards and Shadows]]'' - "The Traitor" (2009)
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=== Reference works ===
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* ''[[Star Trek: Federation Travel Guide]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[A Star to Steer Her By]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Q's Guide to the Continuum]]'' (with Robert Greenberger, 1998)
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* ''[[New Worlds, New Civilizations]]'' (1999)
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=== Comics ===
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<div class="appear">
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* [[DC TOS volume 2]]:
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** ''[[Star Trek: The Modala Imperative]]'':
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*** #1: "[[A Little Seasoning]]"
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*** #2: "[[Tools of Tyranny]]"
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*** #3: "[[The Price of Freedom (comic)|The Price of Freedom]]"
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*** #4: "[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (comic)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]"
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** [[DC TOS Annual]]:
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*** #4: "[[To Walk the Night]]"
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*** #5: "[[The Dream Walkers]]"
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** "[[TOS Special 3]]" ("Unforgiven" story)
 
* [[DC TNG volume 2]]:
  
* [[DC TNG volume 2]]:
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** #1 "[[Return to Raimon]]"
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** #1: "[[Return to Raimon]]"
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** #2 "[[Murder Most Foul]]"
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** #2: "[[Murder, Most Foul]]"
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** #3 "[[The Derelict]]"
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** #3: "[[The Derelict]]"
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** #4 "[[The Hero Factor]]"
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** #4: "[[The Hero Factor]]"
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** #5 "[[Serafin's Survivors]]"
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** #5: "[[Serafin's Survivors]]"
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** #6 "[[Shadows in the Garden]]"
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** #6: "[[Shadows in the Garden]]"
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** #7 "[[The Pilot]]"
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** #7: "[[The Pilot]]"
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** #8 "[[The Battle Within]]"
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** #8: "[[The Battle Within]]"
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** #9 "[[The Pay Off!]]"
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** #9: "[[The Pay Off!]]"
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** #10 "[[The Noise of Justice]]"
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** #10: "[[The Noise of Justice]]"
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** #11 "[[The Imposter]]"
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** #11: "[[The Impostor]]"
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** #12 "[[Whoever Fights Monsters]]"
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** #12: "[[Whoever Fights Monsters]]"
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** #13 "[[The Hand of the Assassin!]]"
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** #13: "[[The Hand of the Assassin!]]"
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** #14 "[[Holiday on Ice]]"
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** #14: "[[Holiday on Ice]]"
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** #15 "[[Prisoners of the Ferengi]]"
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** #15: "[[Prisoners of the Ferengi]]"
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** #16 "[[I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing]]"
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** #16: "[[I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing]]"
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** #17 "[[The Weapon]]"
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** #17: "[[The Weapon]]"
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** #19 "[[The Lesson (comic)|The Lesson]]"
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** #19: "[[The Lesson]]"
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** #20: "[[The Flight of the Albert Einstein]]"
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** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Star Lost|The Star Lost]]''
  
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*** #20 "[[The Flight of the Albert Einstein]]"
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** #21: "[[Mourning Star]]"
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*** #21 "[[Mourning Star]]"
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** #22: "[[Trapped]]"
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*** #22 "[[Trapped]]"
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** #23: "[[The Barrier]]"
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*** #23 "[[The Barrier]]"
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** #24: "[[Homecoming (comic)|Homecoming]]"
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*** #24 "[[Homecoming (comic)|Homecoming]]"
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** #25: "[[Wayward Son]]"
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** #25 "[[Wayward Son]]"
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** #26: "[[Strangers in Strange Lands!]]"
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** #27: "[[City Life]]"
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*''[[Star Trek: The Modala Imperative]]''
  
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*#"[[A Little Seasoning]]"
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** #28: "[[The Remembered One]]"
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*#"[[Tools of Tyranny]]"
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** #30: "[[The Rift!]]"
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*#"[[The Price of Freedom (comic)|The Price of Freedom]]"
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** #31: "[[Kingdom of the Damned]]"
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** #32: "[[Wet Behind the Ears]]"
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*#"[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (comic)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]"
  
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** #33: "[[The Way of the Warrior (comic)|The Way of the Warrior]]"
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[[Category:Writers|Friedman, Michael Jan]]
  
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** #34: "[[Devil's Brew!]]"
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[[Category:Star Trek authors|Friedman, Michael]]
  
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** #35: "[[The Dogs of War (comic)|The Dogs of War]]"
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** #36: "[[Shore Leave in Shanzibar!]]"
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** #37: "[[Consorting With the Devil!]]"
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** #38: "[[Dirty Work]]"
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** #39: "[[Bridges]]"
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** #40: "[[Bone of Contention]]"
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** #41: "[[Separation Anxiety!]]"
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** #42: "[[Second Chances!]]"
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** #43: "[[Strange Bedfellows]]"
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** #44: "[[Restoration (comic)|Restoration]]"
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** #45: "[[Childish Things]]"
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** #46: "[[The Maze]]"
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** #47: "[[The Worst of Both Worlds, Part I!]]"
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** #48: "[[The Belly of the Beast!]]"
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** #49: "[[The Armies of the Night]]"
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** #50: "[[And Death Shall Have No Dominion]]"
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** #52: "[[The Rich and the Dead!]]"
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** #53: "[[Reductions & Deductions]]"
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** #54: "[[Hidden Agendas!]]"
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** #55: "[[The Good of the Many]]"
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** #56: "[[Companionship]]"
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** #57: "[[Of Two Minds]]"
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** #58: "[[Bodies of Evidence]]"
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** #59: "[[Children of Chaos]]"
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** #60: "[[Mother of Madness]]"
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** #61: "[[Brothers in Darkness]]"
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** #62: "[[The Victim]]"
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** #63: "[[A Matter of Conscience...]]"
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** #64: "[[The Deceivers]]"
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** #65: "[[The Truth Elusive]]"
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** #66: "[[Just Desserts!]]"
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** #67: "[[Friends and Other Strangers]]"
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** #68: "[[The Bajoran and the Beast]]"
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** #69: "[[Dreams Die]]"
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** #70: "[[The Last Verse]]"
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** #71: "[[The First Casualty]]"
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** #72: "[[A Handful of Dust]]"
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** #73: "[[The Dying of the Light]]"
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** #74: "[[Ceremony of Innocence]]"
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** #75: "[[Cry Havoc]]"
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** #76: "[[Suspect]]"
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** #77: "[[Gateway (comic)|Gateway]]"
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** #78: "[[The Unconquered]]"
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** #79: "[[Artificiality]]"
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** #80: "[[The Abandoned]]"
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** [[Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual|Annuals]]:
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*** #2: "[[Thin Ice]]"
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*** #3: "[[The Broken Moon!]]"
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*** #6: "[[Future Imperiled]]"
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** "[[TNG Special 2]]" ("The Choice" and "Out of Time" stories)
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** "[[All Good Things... (comic)|All Good Things...]]" (adaption)
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** "[[Star Trek Generations (comic)|Star Trek Generations]]" (adaption)
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** ''[[DS9 TNG Crossover Comic|The Landmark Crossover]]''
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*** #1: "[[Prophets and Losses]]"
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*** #2: "[[The Wormhole Trap]]" (co-plotting with [[Mike W. Barr]])
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*** #3: "[[Encounter With the Othersiders]]" (co-plotting with Mike W. Barr)
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*** #4: "[[The Unseen Enemy]]"
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** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Shadowheart]]''
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*** #1: "[[The Lion and the Lamb]]"
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*** #2: "[[Dealers in Darkness]]"
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*** #3: "[[My Brother's Keeper (comic)|My Brother's Keeper]]"
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*** #4: "[[The Prince of Madness]]"
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</div>
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.michaeljanfriedman.net MichaelJanFriedman.net] - official site
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* {{Wikipedia}}
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* {{IMDb-link|page=nm1232405}}
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* {{mbeta}}
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* {{sf-encyc|friedman_michael_jan}}
   
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Michael Jan Friedman

Michael Jan Friedman in 1994

Michael Jan Friedman (born 7 March 1955; age 69) is one of the most prolific novelists for Pocket Books' line of Star Trek novels, perhaps best known for creating the characters that would crew the Star Trek: Stargazer series of books. He assisted John J. Ordover in developing the Double Helix six-part miniseries. He also co-wrote the story for the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Resistance". He was interviewed by Michael McAvennie for the article "Michael Jan Friedman - When Darkness Calls", published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 9, pp. 56-59.

Friedman is known in comics as a writer of superhero and science fiction/fantasy, as a comic writer he was a regular contributor to various of DC Comics' later Star Trek series.

He is extremely prolific. Of his seventy plus novels, more than half are set in the Trek universe.[1]

Bibliography

TV episode

Novels

Short stories

Reference works

Comics

External links

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