Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a 82-book series with 82 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by J.M. Dillard, Peter David, K.W. Jeter, Sandy Schofield, Dafydd ab Hugh, Lois Tilton, Esther M. Friesner, John Vornholt, Melissa Scott, Nathan Archer, Greg Cox, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Scheckley, Diane Carey, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Peel, L.A. Graf, Michael Jan Friedman, Susan Wright, Robert Greenberger, Mark A. Garland, Armin Shimerman, David R. George III, Andrew J. Robinson, Ira S. Behr, Robert H. Wolfe, Ronald D. Moore, Marko Kloos, Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Steven Barnes, Hans Beimler, Marco Palmieri, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jeffrey Lang, David Weddle, Heather Jarman, Robert Simpson, Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels, S.D. Perry, Una McCormack, J. Noah Kym, David Mack, Weddle David, Jeffrey Lang, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Olivia Woods, Paula M. Block, Terry J. Erdmann, and Alex White.