Jean Lisette Aroeste was a U.C.L.A. librarian

Librarian

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 and Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

fan who became one of only four writers with no prior television writing credits (David Gerrold

David Gerrold

Jerrold David Friedman , better known by his pen name David Gerrold, is an American science fiction author who started his career in 1966 while a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. He was invited to submit several premises, and the one...

, Judy Burns and Joyce Muskat

Joyce Muskat

Joyce Muskat was one of only four writers with no prior television credits able to sell a script to Star Trek . Star Trek co-producer Robert H. Justman read her unsolicited script, "The Empath", and recommended it be bought.It was produced during the third and final season, and was her only sale to...

 were the other three) to sell scripts to the program.

Her first sale, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?

Is There in Truth No Beauty? (TOS episode)

"Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast October 18, 1968. It is episode #60, production #62, written by Jean Lisette Aroeste, and directed by Ralph Senensky....

", was an unsolicited script which Star Trek co-producer Robert H. Justman

Robert H. Justman

Robert Harris "Bob" Justman was an American television producer, director and production manager. He worked on many television series including Lassie, The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman, The Outer Limits, Then Came Bronson and Mission: Impossible.- Career :Bob Justman was one of the...

 read and recommended to Gene Roddenberry. She then sold the story "A Handful of Dust", which was eventually produced as "All Our Yesterdays

All Our Yesterdays (TOS episode)

"All Our Yesterdays" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast March 14, 1969 and repeated on August 5, 1969. It is episode #78, production #78, written by Jean Lisette Aroeste, and directed by Marvin Chomsky. It guest-stars Mariette Hartley as Zarabeth...

"--the second-to-last episode of the original Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

series. These two episodes were her only television sales.

She had previously been an acquisitions librarian at the Harvard University Library

Harvard University Library

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; after UCLA, she subsequently was head of References and Collection Development at the Princeton University Library

Princeton University Library

Princeton University Library is the main library system of Princeton University. With holdings of more than 7 million books, 6 million microforms, and 37,000 linear feet of manuscripts, it is headquartered in the Harvey S...

External links

• UCLA archives - collection contains script of the episodes she wrote.