Editing David Gerrold (section)

{{Short description|American screenwriter and novelist (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name        = David Gerrold
| image       = David Gerrold 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Gerrold in 2016
| birth_name  = Jerrold David Friedman
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1944|1|24|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| occupation  = {{flatlist|
* Writer
* author
* screenwriter
}}
| genre = Science fiction, film, television
| years_active = 1966–present
| website     = {{URL|gerrold.com}}
}}

'''David Gerrold''' (born '''Jerrold David Friedman''';<ref>''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]'', edited by Harlan Ellison, Introduction to the story "With a Finger in My I"</ref> January 24, 1944)<ref name=Reginald>Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010). [https://books.google.com/books?id=L25ycEzuXxIC&pg=PA911 ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'']. Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at [[Google Books]]. Retrieved June 23, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/david_gerrold_ii/ "David Gerrold (II)"]. [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Retrieved June 23, 2013.</ref><ref>Harden, Don; Farley, Tim (April 1984). [http://www.orionpressfanzines.com/interviews/blochandgerrold.htm "An Interview with Robert Bloch & David Gerrold"]. Sensor Readings 1. Orion Press. Retrieved June 23, 2013.</ref> is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]", created the Sleestak race on the TV series ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/articles/dg1.cfm|title=David Gerrold Interview – Part 1|first=David|last=Lambert|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com|date=July 26, 2004|access-date=24 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102190412/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/articles/dg1.cfm|archive-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref> and wrote the [[Novella|novelette]] "[[The Martian Child]]", which won both [[Hugo Award|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award]]s, and was adapted into [[Martian Child|a 2007 film]] starring [[John Cusack]].