Jack B. Sowards
Jack B. Sowards (March 18, 1929 - July 8, 2007) was an American screenwriter who wrote "", and the 1988 "" episode "Where Silence Has Lease". Sowards created the term Kobayashi Maru (a simulation test in "The Wrath of Khan"), naming it for his next-door neighbors in Hancock Park. A native of Texarkana, Texas, Sowards had numerous writing credits which extended from episodes of "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" in 1969 to an installment of "B. L. Stryker" in 1990. He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland", the September 26 , 1971 episode of "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers". He also received a Saturn Award nomination for his work on "The Wrath of Khan" and shared a Hugo Award nomination for it as well. He wrote episodes for "Daniel Boone", "High Chaparall", and "Bonanza", where he also served as a story editor. He wrote several Movies of the Week for the Spelling/Goldberg Company, including "Deliver Us From Evil (1973 film)" with George Kennedy, Jan Michael Vincent, and Jack Weston, "Cry Panic" with John Forsythe and Anne Francis, and "Death Cruise" with Richard Long, Kate Jackson, and Tom Bosley. His long  career with Quinn Martin Productions resulted in several episodes of "The Streets of San Francisco" and "Barnaby Jones". He served as the Executive Story Consultant for multiple seasons in the mid-70s.