John J. Ordover
John J. Ordover is the founder and CEO of JJO Marketing and was previously an editor at Pocket Books responsible for overseeing the licensed novels of the Star Trek franchise. He is the co-creator of such spin-off series as Star Trek: New Frontier (with writer Peter David), Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon (both with Keith R.A. DeCandido), Star Trek: Stargazer (with Michael Jan Friedman), and Star Trek: Challenger (with Diane Carey).
Ordover is also the owner of The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art at 138 Sullivan St., New York, NY 10012 on property once owned by his father Jerald Ordover, a noted art lawyer. Information about the gallery, which uses digital screens both to provide digital artists with a play to display their work and create illusory spaces within the gallery can be found at www.sohodigart.com
According to Peter David, the basic concept for New Frontier was Ordover's, as was the notion of using several already existing characters, with David having fleshed out the concept and created the original characters.[1]
With David Mack, Ordover wrote the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Starship Down". The two have story credit on "It's Only a Paper Moon", which was written as a teleplay by Ronald D. Moore.
Ordover is also an active nudist, the founder of Clothing Optional Dinners, a dining club in New York City for nudists.[2] On July 11, 2007, Ordover launched a nude dinner cruise from Sheepshead Bay, New York.[3]
Ordover created a web site http://marryourdaughter.org/ in September 2007 as a hoax to bring attention to the discrepancy between age of consent laws and marriage law.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ PeterDavid.net: WHAT'CHA WANNA KNOW?
- ^ Macsai, Gwen (2005-08-13). "Naked Dining in Manhattan". Weekend Edition. National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4799232. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "NudistDay.com on Nude Cruise". CODinners. http://www.nude-dining.com/nude-news.html. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "The Bride Buyers". Newsweek. 2007-09-14. http://www.newsweek.com/id/40938. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
