From a New York Times Inside the Best-Seller List story by Elisabeth Egan headlined “Write Every Day? Tracy Deonn Recommends Thinking Instead.”:

When she was growing up, Tracy Deonn bonded with her mother over their shared enthusiasm for science fiction. “If I ever got in trouble at home and she grounded me, it would be, You can watch the news or you can watch ‘Star Trek,’” Deonn recalled in a phone interview. She opted for the Starship Enterprise every time.