Editing David Gerrold (section)

== Early life ==
Gerrold was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/geekheeb/item/top_5_jewish_moments_in_trek_20090507/ Jewish Journal: "Top 5 Jewish moments in ‘Trek’" by Adam Wills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009175458/http://www.jewishjournal.com/geekheeb/item/top_5_jewish_moments_in_trek_20090507 |date=October 9, 2016 }} May 7, 2009</ref> on January 24, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name=Reginald/> He attended [[Van Nuys High School]] and graduated from [[Grant High School (Los Angeles)|Ulysses S. Grant High School]] in its first graduating class, [[Los Angeles Valley College]], and [[San Fernando Valley State College]] (now [[California State University, Northridge]]).<ref>{{cite book |last=Gerrold |first=David |date=1973 |title=The Trouble with Tribbles |location=New York |publisher=Ballantine Books |pages=5, 8, 12 }}</ref>