Born in Washington, D.C., Bischoff wrote science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television.
Bischoff was known best for novelizations of popular movies and television series including Aliens, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and WarGames.
Bischoff began writing science fiction and reviews of the genre while studying at the University of Maryland.
Bischoff worked on various television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he coauthored the episodes "Tin Man" (with Dennis Putman Bailey) and "First Contact" (with Dennis Russell Bailey and Joe Menosky & Ronald D. Moore and Michael Piller) (not to be confused with the movie Star Trek: First Contact).
In addition to some seventy-five original novels, Bischoff wrote tie-in novels for well-known movies and TV series such as Aliens, Alien Versus Predator, Farscape, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Space Precinct, SeaQuest DSV, and Jonny Quest.