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Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido (born 1969) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

While Keith R. A. DeCandido is best known for his Star Trek fiction, he has written tie-ins for other popular science fiction and fantasy series as well, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Andromeda and Farscape, as well as comic books (Spider-Man) and videogames (World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Command & Conquer). He has also edited various anthologies, including OtherWere, Urban Nightmares, Imaginings, the Doctor Who collection Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership, and the Star Trek anthologies New Frontier: No Limits, Tales of the Dominion War, and Tales from the Captain's Table.

Keith R. A. DeCandido also contributes to the popular-culture podcast The Chronic Rift.

David Mack is the author of numerous Star Trek books, includingWildfire, A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal, Warpath and the critically and fan acclaimed series Star Trek: Destiny. With Marco Palmieri, he developed the Star Trek Vanguard series, for which he has written two novels, Harbinger and Reap the Whirlwind.

His other novels include the Wolverine espionage adventure Road of Bones, and his first original novel, The Calling, was published in July 2009.

Before writing books, David Mack co-wrote with John J. Ordover the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fourth-season episode "Starship Down" and the story treatment for the series' seventh-season episode "It's Only a Paper Moon."

An avid fan of Canadian progressive-rock trio Rush, David Mack has attended shows in all of their concert tours since 1982.

Having recently fled corporate servitude, David Mack now resides in a secret location with his wife, Kara.