Kirsten Beyer is an American science fiction writer, known for her novels based on the Star Trek: Voyager television series.

In 2004, Beyer was encouraged to send a query package to Pocket Books by her writing partner, Heather Jarman.

[4] Beyer was later introduced to Marco Palmieri, editor of the Star Trek line at Pocket Books, by Jarman while both were attending the Shore Leave science fiction convention.

A subplot involving the Vulcan character Tuvok was originally pitched as an episode of Voyager tentatively titled "Siren's Song".

[4] Another un-produced pitch was reworked as the short story "Isabo's Shirt", anthologized in Distant Shores (2005).

Beyer became the lead writer of the Voyager novel series, replacing Christie Golden, with the release of Full Circle in March 2009.