Background
Ronald D. Moore was born on July 5, 1964, in California. He studied government at Cornell University, but never graduated.
He began writing for the television program Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) on spec in 1988. In 1989, he was put on staff as a script editor, and by the end of the series he was the show's producer.
While on staff with TNG, he frequently co-wrote with Brannon Braga (with whom he also wrote the screenplay for Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact). After TNG was cancelled in 1994, Moore joined the production staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9), then in its third season.