Joyce Muskat was one of only four writers with no prior television credits able to sell a script to 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...

(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 Jean Lisette Aroeste

Jean Lisette Aroeste

Jean Lisette Aroeste was a U.C.L.A. librarian and Star Trek fan who became one of only four writers with no prior television writing credits to sell scripts to the program.Her first sale, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", was an unsolicited script which Star Trek co-producer Robert H...

 were the other three). 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 her unsolicited script, "The Empath

The Empath (TOS episode)

"The Empath" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and was broadcast December 6, 1968. It is episode #67, production #63, written by Joyce Muskat and directed by John Erman....

", and recommended it be bought.

It was produced during the third and final season, and was her only sale to television. Joyce Muskat is an active member of California's Society for Creative Anachronism

Society for Creative Anachronism

The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century...

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