The Okudas just broke the news on Facebook, Jeri Taylor has passed away at the age of 86.

Taylor wrote a number of episodes for Star Trek: The Next Generation, DS9, and Voyager. Taylor was the first woman to receive a “Created By” credit for a Star Trek series (Voyager).

Among the episodes she penned was the iconic (and still prescient) TNG Season Four episode “The Drumhead”.