Star Trek Deep Space Nine is a 24-book series with 24 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, Diane Carey, Ira S. Behr, Robert H. Wolfe, Ronald D. Moore, Melissa Scott, Nathan Archer, Greg Cox, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Scheckley, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Peel, L.A. Graf, and Michael Jan Friedman.