Daryl Furumi Mallett, (born in Los Angeles, California on May 3, 1969), is an entrepreneur; freelance writer, editor and publisher; and an actor, producer and director.

In the writing world, some of these duties include being series editor of SFRA Press' Studies in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror; associate editor for Gryphon Publications , Other Worlds and Hardboiled; contributing writer for Water Conditioning and Purification and M&V Magazine , among others; assistant editor at Xenos Books; founder and owner of Angel Enterprises , and publisher and editor of Jacob's Ladder Books .

He is currently editor at Valley Publishing of three regional magazines and newspapers in Mesa/Gilbert (Northeast Mesa Lifestyle , Senior Lifestyle and Gilbert Lifestyle ). Formerly, he was editor at World Publishing Corp. of four community newspapers (Alta Mesa Times , Red Mountain Times , Superstition Springs Community News and Trails & Paths (Las Sendas)) and associate editor/reporter on an as-needed basis for 26 other newspapers and three magazines in Arizona and Nevada. In 2004, he co-founded Prismic Marketing & Communications , a newspaper publishing company which will launch its first product in mid-2005.

Mallett also freelances as a Senior Outside Research Associate at The International Research Center in Phoenix, working on business and competitive intelligence, corporate strategy, management consulting and technical writing, mainly in the telecommunications, Internet and e-Commerce markets.

In the film and television world, he is the founder and producer at Dustbunny Productions , marketing director and assistant to the producer at Caribou Moving Pictures and associate producer for Draco Productions .

Entrepreneurially, in 1998, he founded and became Chief Evangelical Officer of Blue Fire Technologies Inc. , an information technology, hardware and software company focusing on mobile computing technology, which is seeking venture capital funding. Mallett is also a co-founder of AZSNAP—Arizona’s Scottsdale Network at the Airpark, a networking group which has since been acquired by the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce.

Mallett received a dual Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the University of California, Riverside in 1991, specializing in Theatre Arts/Public Speaking and Creative Writing/Comparative Literatures and Languages (Speculative Fiction) under the direction of Pilgrim Award-winning author George E. Slusser.

He has had the usual roster of odd jobs required by any writer, including ten years at Borgo Press , where he started out as a stock boy in 1989 and ended as a series and senior outside editor in 1999 when the venerable company closed its doors. Mallett also served as assistant to the curator (Dr. George E. Slusser) of The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Literature—the largest cataloged collection of such materials in institutional hands in the world, located at the University of California, Riverside's Tomas Rivera Library in the Special Collections Dept.; editor and contributing writer of SFRA Newsletter and SFRA Review ; associate editor of Environmental Times and Central American Times , two international newspapers; advertising sales representative for Southwest Diver ; contributing writer for Overstreet's FAN ; technical writer for a CD-ROM company, a digital video compression studio, and a water purification equipment manufacturer; procedures analyst for a police department; an ISO9000 certification writer for a food manufacturer; director of writing & business development at an advertising/marketing agency; an auto glass delivery guy; a cardboard box cutter; a lingerie packer; a data entry worker; a call center grunt; a busboy and waiter for Shakey's Pizza; an employee of McDonald's; a water polo player and swimmer; a janitor for a church…and a Kelly girl .

Mallett received a dual Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the University of California, Riverside in 1991, specializing in Theatre Arts/Public Speaking and Creative Writing/Comparative Literatures and Languages (Speculative Fiction) under the direction of Pilgrim Award-winning author and scholar Dr. George E. Slusser. He also studied with authors like Eliud Martinez , Susan Straight , Stephen Minot , Harry Lawton , Lou Pedrotti , Stephanie Hammer , Gary Kern , Pulitzer Prize nominee Maurya Simon , actor/director Richard Russo, and Babylon 5 set designer John Iacovelli . Maulana Karenga, creator of Kwanzaa, was also his mentor for Ethnic Studies. Ever the overachiever, Mallett plans to return to school to finish his Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in History (with M.F.A. certificates in Creative Writing and Medieval Studies), and eventually hopes to get his M.B.A., M.L.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

Published works include a poetry anthology Full Frontal Poetry (w/Chaelyn L. Hakim and Frances McConnel , 1991); (w/Robert Reginald ) 2nd Ed. (1991), 3rd Ed. (1993); The State and Province Vital Records Guide (w/Michael Roy Burgess and Mary A. Burgess , 1993); (w/Jerry Hewett , 1994); (w/Annette Y. Mallett, 1994); (ed. w/Milton T. Wolf , 1995) and (ed. w/Hal W. Hall , 2001). He also served as Associate Editor on Robert Reginald 's massive Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991 (1992) and Editorial Assistant on Mark Goldstein ’s Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council Multitenant Building Telecommunications Access Study (2000). His first comic book, Hero-Lore #1, was released at the International Comic Convention in San Diego in 1999.

His work has appeared in magazines and newspapers as diverse as Anticipatia , Books at UCR , Buzz, The Clearwater Chronicle , ConNotations , Environmental Times , The Grapevine , Hieroglyphs, International Ground Water , ISFA Newsletter , M&V Magazine , Overstreet’s FAN , Perry Rhodan Magazine , The Pet Gazette , Riverside Review , SFRA Newsletter , SFRA Review , SoCal Cinema News , Thirteen, Water Conditioning and Purification , Water Technology , and more, as well as in volumes for The Borgo Press , Greenwood Press , Gryphon Publications , Jai Press , St. James Press and Salem Press . He has been published in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Romania. Of his hundreds of publications, the two which have garnered him the most recognition are "Tongue-Tied: Bubo's Tale" in (ed. by Kevin J. Anderson, Bantam Books , 1996) and the storyline from the two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Birthright" (w/Barbra Wallace , Arthur Loy Holcomb and George Brozak ). This makes him one of only a handful of writers to have worked on both Star Trek and Star Wars.

As an actor, Mallett has appeared in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death , Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and , all in categories for which there is no Oscar Award. He was Assistant to the Producer for The Message (Caribou Moving Pictures , 2005) and Associate Producer for Illusion (Draco Productions , 2005). Current projects include: Assistant to the Producer for In Search of Steven Spielberg (Caribou Moving Pictures ); Associate Producer, co-Screenwriter and acting in the role of Zar in the film The First Rose of Spring (Draco Productions ); and Script Supervisor and acting in the role of Drax in the fan film Dr. Who and the Legends of Time (M&V Studios ).

He has also worked on or appeared in the film Sphere, as well as in Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade and Bear Country Hoedown, and stage productions of Mame, Waiting in the Wings , Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Pirates of Penzance, Ghost Sonata , The Apple Tree , The Birthday Party, the Christmas program at The Crystal Cathedral , and numerous Shakespearean plays, among others, and won critical acclaim in Southern California with a [[DramaLogue Award]] for his performance as "Christmas Future" in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Other positions Mallett has held include Director of Writing & Business Development at Parker Madison Marketing Studio Inc. , as well as serving as a consultant to small, start-up companies such as Keep It SIMple Entertainment , a manufacturer of virtual reality simulators (formerly VP, Corporate Communications); Y-Not Entertainment (formerly Producer and Marketing and Advertising Dir.); The Obsidian Marketing Group (co-founder and formerly Chief Operating Officer); M&V Publishing ; Lake Mary Systems ; and Tower Communications , among others.

He is currently at work on numerous projects, including co-producer on In Search of Steven Spielberg , a film written by Star Trek actor Walter Koenig to be directed by Stephen Furst; co-producer (w/Mark Crockett ) on Turkeystuffer , a movie based on the novel of the same name by Crockett; co-producer (w/Sheryl Flournoy ) on the script for the fantasy film The First Rose of Spring . He is also compiling The Centurians , a business encyclopedia and editing The Praetorians , an accompanying book of essays by business leaders; Hand of the Romanovs , a mystery/suspense novel; an as-yet-untitled nonfiction work on the history of needlemaking; a fourth edition of (w/Robert Reginald ); Lava, a fantasy novel (w/Max Espinoza ) based on the comic book by Ruben Gerard and Espinoza; Like the Awesome Gleam of Crystal , a novel based on the 1954 novel Alien Life , by E. C. Tubb; , which will feature an introduction by George Clayton Johnson and remembrances by other writers; , a narrative story of the life of the Quaker evangelist; and .

Mallett splits his time between Arizona, Southern California, Minnesota, and the rest of the world. He says his greatest joy in life is "spending time with the lady he loves, with his son and his dogs; followed by visiting with friends, traveling and dining, reading and writing...most of which I accomplish through my involvement in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)."

Bibliography

Nonfiction books

• Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards: A Comprehensive Guide to the Awards and Their Winners, 2nd Ed., by Daryl F. Mallett & Robert Reginald . San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1991.
• Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards: A Comprehensive Guide to the Awards and Their Winners, 3rd Ed., by Daryl F. Mallett & Robert Reginald . San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1993.
• The State and Province Vital Records Guide, by Michael Roy Burgess , Mary A. Burgess & Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1993.
• The Work of Jack Vance: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide, by Jerry Hewett & Daryl F. Mallett. Lancaster, PA & Novato, CA: Underwood-Miller Books ; San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1994.
• The Work of Elizabeth Chater: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide, by Daryl F. Mallett & Annette Y. Mallett . San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1994.
• Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards: A Comprehensive Guide to the Awards and Their Winners, 4th Ed., by Daryl F. Mallett & Robert Reginald . Holicong , PA: Wildside Press , contracted.

Edited fiction books

• , by Brian Stableford, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). San Bernardino, CA: Unicorn and Son Publishers , 1994.
• Street Kids and Other Plays , by Brio Burgess , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. Tempe, AZ: Jacob's Ladder Books /Angel Enterprises , 1995.
• , by E. C. Tubb, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books , 1996.
• , by Harold Q. Masur , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett) / , by Harold Q. Masur , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1996.
• , by Gary Lovisi , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1997.
• , by Howard Browne, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1997.
• , by Michael Avallone , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1997.
• , by William F. Nolan, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett) / The Brothers Challis, Featuring Nick Challis, in The Pulpcon Kill, with "And the Beat Goes On," A Special Introduction , by William F. Nolan, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1997.
• Letters from Dwight , by Gary Kern , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 1998.
• Alien Life , by E. C. Tubb, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1998.
• The Fortress of Utopia , by Jack Williamson, (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1998.
• The Whispering Gorilla , by Don Wilcox , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett) / Return of the Whispering Gorilla , by David V. Reed , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1999.
• The Slitherers , by John Russell Fearn , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1999.
• , by John Russell Fearn , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1999.
• The Gargoyle , by Gary Lovisi , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 2000.
• Wail! , by Brio Burgess , ed. by Gail Tolley & Daryl F. Mallett. Tempe, AZ: Jacob's Ladder Books /Angel Enterprises , 2002.
• Things in Revolt! , by Lev Lunts , translated by Gary Kern , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, forthcoming.
• Polygraph, by Gary Kern , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, forthcoming.
• Apartments, by Gary Kern , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, forthcoming.
• After Dwight , by Gary Kern , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, forthcoming.
• Science Fiction Detective Tales , by Gary Lovisi (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, forthcoming.

Edited nonfiction books

• by Bishop Karl Prüter , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). San Bernardino, CA: St. Willibrords Press , 1991.
• , by Robert Reginald ; Mary A. Burgess & Daryl F. Mallett, Associate Editors. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co. , 1992.
• , by James E. Gunn , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1992.
• , by Philip Harbottle & Stephen Holland , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1992.
• Science Fiction Research Association Annual Directory, 1993 , ed. by Robert J. Ewald & Joan Gordon , with Daryl F. Mallett. Garden City, NY: Nassau Community College, 1993.
• , by Greg Cox , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1993.
• , by Ben P. Indick , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1993.
• Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mistress of Mystery , by Frances H. Bachelder , ed. by Dale Salwak and Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1993.
• , by David Mogen , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1993.
• , by Clark M. Zlotchew , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1993.
• International Society of Meeting Planners 1993 Directory of Members and Industry Professionals , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: International Society of Meeting Planners (Todd Publishing ), 1993.
• Association of Construction Inspectors 1993-1994 Directory of Members and Industry Professionals , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Association of Construction Inspectors (Todd Publishing ), 1993.
• Federal and State Environmental Agencies Directory , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1994.
• The Complete Guide of Environmental Inspection Forms , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1994.
• Environmental Assessment Association Directory of Members , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1994.
• , [by Daryl F. Mallett]. Scottsdale, AZ: International Real Estate Institute , 1994.
• , by Philip Harbottle & Stephen Holland , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett & Michael Roy Burgess . San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1994.
• , by Darrell Schweitzer , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1994.
• , by W. C. Bamberger , ed. by Boden Clarke & Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1994.
• , by Kwadwo O. Pobi-Asamani , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1994.
• , by Alan Warren , ed. by Dale Salwak and Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1994.
• , by William J. Free , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1994.
• , ed. by Milton T. Wolf & Daryl F. Mallett. Glendale, AZ: SFRA Press , 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The National Environmental Policy Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The Clean Air Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The Clean Water Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The Occupational Safety and Health Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to The Environmental Protection and Community Right-to-Know Act , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• The Environmental Inspector's Guide to Comprehensive Guidelines , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Scottsdale, AZ: Environmental Assessment Association (Todd Publishing ), 1995.
• , by Robert Goehlert & Anthony C. Stamtoplos , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett, Mary A. Burgess and Xiwen Zhang . San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1995.
• , by Gary Westfahl , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1996.
• , by Neal Wilgus , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press , 1996.
• , by Frank Hamilton & Link Hullar , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books , 1996.
• , ed. by Hal W. Hall & Daryl F. Mallett. Tempe, AZ: SFRA Press , 2001
• , by Gary Lovisi , (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books , forthcoming.
• Science Fiction Detective Tales , by Gary Lovisi (ed. by Daryl F. Mallett). Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books , forthcoming.

Edited poetry anthologies

• Full Frontal Poetry , ed. by Daryl F. Mallett, Chaelyn L. Hakim & Frances McConnel . Riverside, CA: FFP Publishing , 1991.

Short fiction

• "A Typical Terran's Thought When Spoken to by an Alien from the Planet Quarn in Its Native Language," w/Forrest J. Ackerman, in ISFA Newsletter 2:10 (Nov. 1990): 9.

Reprinted in Worlds in Small: An Anthology of Miniature Literary Compositions, ed. by John Robert Colombo . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Cacanadadada Press , 1992, p. 86.

• "The Possible Death of Christopher Marlowe," in UCR Winter Arts Festival Writers' Competition Finalists, 1990-91, ed. by Judy Lehr . Riverside, CA: UCR Performing Arts/ASUCR, Nov. 1991, p. 1.
• "Women Without Men," in Other Worlds #6 (Winter 1996).

Reprinted in M&V MagaZine 14:2 (Aug./Sep. 1998).

• "Tongue-Tied: Bubo's Tale," in , ed. by Kevin J. Anderson. New York: Bantam Books , 1996.
• "Crystal Clear," in M&V MagaZine , Vol. 14:3 (Aug./Sept. 1999), p. 10-11, 13, 24.

Comic books/graphic novels

• Hero-Lore #1: "The Twelve, Part I: Battlescars," written and co-plotted by Daryl F. Mallett; penciled and co-plotted by Scott P. Vaughn ; inked by Amanda M. Kurley ; co-plotted, layout and lettered by Tamera K. Frahm ; and finished by Frank F. Aguilar . Phoenix: M&V Comics , 1999.

Television writing credits

• Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Birthright," premise by Barbra Wallace , Daryl F. Mallett & Arthur Loy Holcomb and George Brozak ; purchased by Paramount Pictures for uncredited use in teleplays by Brannon Braga and René Echevarria . Aired Feb./Mar. 1993.

Film production credits

• In Search of Steven Spielberg , (Caribou Moving Pictures , development) Assistant to the Producer
• , (M&V Studios , development) Consultant
• The First Rose of Spring (Draco Productions , development) Co-Producer, Co-Scriptwriter
• Illusion (Draco Productions , in post production) Associate Producer
• The Message (Caribou Moving Pictures , 2005) Assistant to the Producer
• Sphere (Warner Bros., 1998) Technical Writer
• (Paramount Pictures, 1991) Storyline Co-creator