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William "Bill" Charles Rotsler (3 July 1926 – 8 October 1997; age 71) wrote short works based on the Star Trek films Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Rotsler was born in Los Angeles. He was best known as a fan artist, and won Hugos for that work, but he was also quite a prolific producer of fiction.
In addition to his mainstream fiction, Rotsler was active in the world of pornography, including films and still photography.
He died in California from throat cancer. In his honor, in 1998 the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests created the Rotsler Award, presented annually to amateur science-fiction artists.
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Writing credits[]
- Star Trek novels
- TOS: Star Trek II: Short Stories
- TOS: Star Trek II: Biographies
- TOS: Star Trek II: Distress Call!
- TOS: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Short Stories
External links[]
- William Rotsler at Wikipedia
- William Rotsler at SF-Encyclopedia.com
- William Rotsler at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works