For Immediate Use.Contact: Thom Zahler (440)269-8653 or tz@thomz.com
LOCAL AUTHORS FEATURED IN NEW STAR TREK BOOK.
There's a Cleveland connection to the newest Star Trek book coming out on Tuesday October 16. That's the day "Star Trek: TNG: The Sky's The Limit" hits bookstores nationwide, featuring the talents of local authors, Bob Ingersoll & Thomas F. Zahler.
Redefining a familiar universe for a more modern time, Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the officers and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, and the worlds of the twenty-fourth century to a new legion of Star Trek ® fans. In the two decades since, viewers and readers have embraced these heroes, thrilled to their personal achievements, their shared victories, their passionate loves...and mourned their painful losses.
"Star Trek: TNG: The Sky's The Limit" ,celebrates the twentieth anniversary of this landmark series by joining these now-legendary characters for all-new adventures: fourteen stories that span the time from before their earliest voyages through their missions on board the Enterprise-E -- untold tales of intrigue, action, insight, and exploration. One of those stories, "Till Death" is written by Cleveland area authors, Bob Ingersoll and Thomas F. Zahler. The story deals with Commander Riker in a time shortly before his wedding, as seen in the motion picture "Star Trek: Nemesis".
Author Bios:
BOB INGERSOLL:
Bob Ingersoll is a practicing attorney with the Cuyahoga County Public Defender Office in Cleveland, Ohio, who hopes to get it right one of these day. For over twenty years he used his legal background to write the regular column, "The Law is a Ass" for Comics Buyer's Guide, a weekly trade newspaper for the comic-book industry.
He has written numerous comic-book scripts including Star Trek, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Lost in Space, Quantum Leap and Hero's Alliance. He was the co-author of the novels Captain America: Liberty's Torch and Star Trek: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse.
He has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up.
THOMAS F. ZAHLER:
When Thomas F. Zahler’s father introduced him to Star Trek and comic books, he probably had no idea what an impression they would make on the boy. Thom became obsessed with both, but decided it would be easier to become a cartoonist than join Starfleet.
After graduating the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, where he learned to draw funny pictures and tell stories, he began a successful career as an artist, working for clients across the country. His work has been seen everywhere from advertising campaigns to magazines and thoughout the world of comics. He wrote and drew the action-adventure-spy series Raider, and is currently writing and drawing the critically-acclaimed super hero sitcom comic book, Love and Capes.
Zahler lives in northeast Ohio. He has not yet completely given up on a career in Starfleet.
He can be found on the web at www.thomz.com #########