Robert Greenberger (born July 24, 1958) is an American writer and editor known for his work on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', the novelization of the film '' Hellboy II'', and for the executive positions he held at both

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and

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. He also served as an elected office holder in his home of

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Early life

Greenberger was born to a

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family in

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, New York, the son of Edwin L. and Joan Greenberger. He attended

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, where he wrote and edited for the college newspaper, ''

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,'' and also interned at the '' Binghamton Sun-Bulletin''.

Career

Following his graduation, he worked as an editor for ''

'' and

Press until 1984, when he joined

as an assistant editor. Greenberger was hired to assist

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and

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by the then DC Vice President/Executive Editor

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. The company was then organizing its output with the major comic book crossover ''

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'' and the guidebook '' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe''. Based on his work during this period, Greenberger was promoted to editor the following year, being assigned the titles ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. and Under his editorship, the DC Comics adaptations of several ''Star Trek'' films were released, and his editorial work on the ''Star Trek'' comics led to numerous contributions to the franchise's novel series. In 2001, he and novel editor

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developed the seven-book crossover miniseries '' Gateways.'' Greenberger wrote the third novel of the series, as well as the concluding novella. He worked at DC until 2000, having risen to the position of Manager-Editorial Operations. During this time, he worked on such titles as ''The

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'', ''

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'', ''

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Weekly'', '' Time Masters'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and others. Greenberger became involved in local politics in his home of

, beginning in 1999, initially as member of the Parking Authority from 1999 to June 2006, when he resigned to join the Cable Advisory Council for Area 2 in Connecticut. In November 2005, he was elected a Representative to Fairfield's

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, and following his reelection in November 2007 was made its Moderator. After losing the 2009 election, he was appointed to represent Fairfield on the Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency through June 2011. He also served as Vice-Chair of Fairfield's Democratic Town Committee and retired from the post in 2013 when he relocated from Fairfield, Connecticut to Maryland. Greenberger left DC in 2000 and joined the online company Gist Communications. This break with the comics industry lasted until 2001, when he joined

as Director-Publishing Operations. Greenberger was hired to work under

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, but was let go during a tumultuous reorganization overseen by

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. He soon rejoined DC Comics as a Senior Editor for Collected Editions, but was terminated from his position in 2006 after a reorganization at DC and a publishing error which saw copies of the '' Golden Age Hawkman Archives'' printed with pages in an incorrect order. His firing was criticized by comic book writers

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and Christopher Priest. Greenberger found work as a freelance writer and editor, working for such companies as ''

'',

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, Syfy, ''

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'', and ComicMix.com, as well as both DC and Marvel. From June 2006 to August 2007, he also served as Managing Editor at ''Weekly World News''.

Personal life

Greenberger married Deborah Upton in 1980. They are the parents to Kathleen Michelle (born 1986) and Robert Edward Jr. (born 1988, died 2008).

Selected bibliography

Novels

* ''Doomsday World'' ('' Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)'', with

, Carmen Carter, and

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, 1991) * ''The Disinherited'' (''Star Trek'', with Peter David and Michael Jan Friedman, 1992) * ''The Romulan Stratagem'' (''TNG'', 1995) * ''Wrath of the Prophets'' ('' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', with Peter David and Michael Jan Friedman, 1997) * ''Time Station Berlin'' (as David Evans, 1997) * ''Doors Into Chaos'' (''TNG'', 2001) * ''A Time to Love'' (''TNG'', 2004) * ''A Time to Hate'' (''TNG'', 2004) * ''Flesh & Blood'' (''

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'', with Michael Jan Friedman, 2007) * '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (film novelization, 2008) * ''Batman: Arctic Attack'' (2009) * ''Femme Fatales'' (''

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'', 2009) * ''Batman: Hunt the Dark Knight'' (2010) * ''

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'' (

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, with

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, 2016)

Short stories and novellas

* "Memories of Erin" (1997) * "Solo" (1998) * "Hour of Fire" (''Star Trek'', 2000) * "The Other Side" (''TNG'', 2001) * ''Past Life'' ('' Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers (SCE)'', 2002) * "A Matter of Faith" (2002) * ''Buying Time'' (''SCE'', 2003) * "Lefler's Logs" ('' Star Trek: New Frontier'', 2003) * "A Song Well Sung" (''Star Trek'', 2004) * "Command Code" ('' Star Trek: Voyager'', 2005) * "The Landing Party" (''Star Trek'', 2006) * "Things That Aren't" (with Michael A. Burstein, 2007) * "Rain of Tears" (''

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'', 2007) * ''Troubleshooting'' (''SCE'', 2007) * ''A Weary Life'' (''TNG'', 2007) * "Ghost Stories: Peace" (''

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'', 2013) * "Ghost Stories: Redemption (''

'', 2013) - Nominated for a 2014 Scribe Award

Comic books

* ''

'' #574 (1985) * '' Batman Annual'' #12 (1988) * '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' #20 (2010) * ''

'' #1 (1985) * ''

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'' #94 (1986) * '' Firestorm, the Nuclear Man'' vol. 2 #80 (1988) * ''

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'' #6 (2011) * ''

'' vol. 2 #28 (

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) (1988) * ''

'' #27 (1986) * ''

'' #38 (1990)

Other

* '' Q's Guide to the Continuum '' ''Star Trek'' reference book with

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1998 * ''The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe'' with

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and Dan Wallace,

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2004 * ''

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'',

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2008 * ''The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave'' with Matthew K. Manning,

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2009 * ''The Essential Superman Encyclopedia'' with

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, Del Rey Books 2010 * ''The Spider-Man Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles Spun from Marvel's Web'' with

2010

References

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