Peter Allan Fields

Peter Allan Fields was a writer of many and episodes. He was also executive script consultant on Next Generation during the latter half of the fifth ( – ) and during the sixth season. He then became a co-producer on Deep Space Nine during its first season and producer for its second season. Field contributed to three Deep Space Nine episodes after he left the writing staff. Showrunner Ira Steven Behr has credited Fields for the introduction of the Elim Garak character. (What We Left Behind)
Fields was interviewed by Terry J. Erdmann in the and by Bill Florence for the article "Peter Allan Fields – Man of , published in .
Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented that he thought Fields had fought in the Korean War, having joined the Marine Corps at 16 after lying about his age. He was apparently taken prisoner, released by his captors and returned home, only to be drafted and sent back to Korea. 
==Career==
Before Star Trek and following his career as a lawyer, Fields wrote several episodes for , a show which Deep Space Nine paid homage to with Del Floria's Tailor Shop on Deep Space 9's Promenade. Later, Fields was as an associate producer and writer on McCloud, an NBC series starring Diana Muldaur. Soon afterwards, he became a writer and executive story consultant for . 
In addition to his work on Deep Space Nine, Fields worked with Deep Space Nine co-creator Michael Piller on UPN's (1995, starring John de Lancie). Other television shows for which Fields wrote include (1986), (1988), and (1995-1996).
== Star Trek credits ==
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== Star Trek award ==
Peter Allan Fields received the following award:
;Hugo Award
* Hugo Award in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation" as Teleplay Writer for the episode , shared with Morgan Gendel and Peter Lauritson
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