William Shatner, played Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: The Original Series.
Together with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens he has written a number of Trek novels. The Odyssey trilogy: The Ashes of Eden, The Return, and Avenger take place around the time of Star Trek: Generations. Their mirror universe trilogy: Spectre, Dark Victory, and Preserver; continues the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror".