Susan Sackett

Susan Sackett grew up in Connecticut and Florida and received both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville (1964; 1965). After teaching elementary school in Miami for two years, she moved to Los Angeles, where she taught for a short time. But her lifelong dream of working in Hollywood persisted, and she quit her teaching job to work in the entertainment industry. She spent the next four years with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) as a publicity assistant and commercial coordinator.

In August 1974, she began an association with Gene Roddenberry, creator of the television legend Star Trek, serving as his personal executive assistant for over 17 years until his death in October, 1991. She also served as his production assistant on the first Star Trek film and worked closely with him on the next five Star Trek movies. In addition, she served as Production Associate during the first five seasons of the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Susan and her writing partner, Fred Bronson sold several stories and a teleplay to that series, including the popular episodes "Ménage à Troi" and "The Game." Susan and Fred have also sold stories to the series, Sliders, and continue to work together as television writing partners.

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Inside Trek Inside Trek is an unauthorized, behind-the-scenes look at the making of television's most beloved series, filled with never-before-told stories about the actors, the writers, and everyone else who made Trek what it is - most importantly, creator Gene Roddenberry. For over seventeen years, Susan Sackett was Roddenberry's executive assistant - and secret lover - a position that gave her a unique insider's view of the making of an entertainment franchise. Sackett spent years working with and befriending the casts and crews of Star Trek, the movies, and the hit spinoff Star Trek: The Next Generation. While uncovering many secrets, stories and insights that have never before appeared in print, Sackett also presents the first true portrait of Star Trek's creator - the first biography written by someone who knew him well - and reveals his philosophies, his struggles, his successes and failures, and the path of self-destruction that would ultimately cause his untimely death. Told lovingly, yet with complete candor, this incredible memoir will take everyone who loved Star Trek where no one has gone before! "Susan Sackett has the inside skinny on Star Trek and its creator Gene Roddenberry. Her book is a treasure for everyone who ever loved Star Trek." --Robin Curtis, "Saavik" in the Star Trek films.