SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 - From Nichelle Nichols at the beginning of Star Trek to Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green and everywhere in between, women have been portrayed in, created, and been influenced by Star Trek. An upcoming book is going to tell some of their stories.

One of those women, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Kira Nerys, Nana Visitor, is writing the book and announced it in a video on StarTrek.com. A Woman’s Trek will look at the role of women in front of and behind the camera and how it has changed over the last 55 years. Visitor says, “Each Star Trek has both reflected the culture of its time and imagined a more equitable future. How much did we affect the culture? How much did the culture form us? What did we get right, what held us back, what stories do we need to tell now?”

Visitor has been interviewing a wide variety of women, from actors and writers to a stunt woman and scientists, to explore these questions and “see what it all says about this journey that we’re on.”

The book is expected to be out in the fall of 2022 and will be published by Hero Collector. To find out more about the upcoming A Woman’s Trek and watch the video, visit StarTrek.com.