Papers, 1946-1977.

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992

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Biochemist, professor of biochemistry at Boston University Medical School; science and science fiction writer; author of over 400 books. From the description of Letters, 1950-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322499 American scientist and writer. From the description of Letter and postcard, 1987 Nov. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632941 Isaac Asimov (1920 ₆ 19...

Margulies, Cylvia Kleinman.

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Renown Publications.

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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012

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Ray Bradbury novelist and screenwriter; Herman Melville, novelist. From the description of Moby Dick : screenplay, 1956, January 27. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652495 Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan, IL, Aug. 22, 1920; started his writing career in 1943; the winner of various awards, he is known primarily for writing fantasy and science fiction stories; he has authored numerous novels, short stories, plays, films, poems, and articles, includi...

Deming, Richard

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King, Stephen, 1947-

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Stephen King is a well known American author. He is a graduate of the University of Maine, Class of 1970, and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1987. From the description of Literary papers 1968- (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701520 ...

Barker, S. Omar (Squire Omar), 1894-1985

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Western author. Born in 1894 in Beulah, New Mexico. Received Ph. D. in literature from New Mexico Highlands University in 1961. Primarily an author of humorous fiction, he received the Spur Award (1955) and the Justin Golden Boot Award (1954-1961) from Western Writers of America. Married writer Elsa McCormick in 1927. From the description of Papers, ca. 1924-1966. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 23347313 Barker (1894-1985) was a western fiction author and short ...

Breese, Edward Y. (Edward Yarde), 1912-1979

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Edward Yarde Breese was an American author of popular fiction, primarily mystery, western, and romance stories. From the description of Edward Yarde Breese papers, 1965-1972. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19478815 Edward Yarde Breese was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1912. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1934. After graduating from Princeton, he worked for a time as a wire service reporter in New York co...

Melchior, Ib

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Carter, Linda K.

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Science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. From the description of Letters 1956-1978. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703905717 ...

Friend, Oscar J. (Oscar Jerome), 1897-1963

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Cox, William R. (William Robert), 1901-1988

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William Robert Cox was born in 1901 in Peapack, New Jersey. His career began with feature writing for Sunday call, a Newark newspaper. Cox's first fiction story was published in 1934 in American boy. He went on to write stories for detective, western, and sport pulp magazines such as Argosy, Detective tales, Dime western, and others. In the 1940s Cox began writing television plays and screenplays. He has written over 100 television scripts for shows such as G.E. Theater, Bonanza, Outer Limits, a...

Ackerman, Forrest J.

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Forrest James Ackerman, or as he preferred to be called “Forrest J Ackerman” (with no period after his middle initial), was a collector, writer, editor, literary agent, actor, and producer. He published the first science fiction fan magazine (fanzine) in 1932. From 1958 to 1982 he edited "Famous Monsters of Filmland" fanzine. In 1947 Ackerman created a science fiction literary agency. Ackerman was well known for amassing a large collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror memorabilia inclu...

Sturgeon, Theodore

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Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo on February 26, 1918 in Staten Island, New York. After his parents' divorced, his mother married Scot William Dicky ("Argylle") Sturgeon, and at the age of eleven, Edward took his step-father's last name and changed his first name to Theodore to better match his childhood nickname of "Teddy." Sturgeon sold his first story in 1938 to newspaper McClure's Syndicate. He sold his first Science Fiction story, "Ether Breather," t...

Jakes, John, 1932-....

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John Jakes was a popular writer of fiction. He started part-time in the 1950s while working in advertising. Then he became a full-time writer in 1971. He became widely known with the publication of his Bicentennial series of books in the 1970s. Historical fiction set during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War has been his specialty. From the description of John Jakes papers, 1970-1990. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 63112694 Author...

Germano, Peter, 1913-1983

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Gulick, Bill, 1916-

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Grover Cleveland "Bill" Gulick was born in Kansas City, Missouri and educated at the University of Oklahoma. He was a prolific writer of western stories and novels. From the guide to the Grover Cleveland (Bill) Gulick papers, 1916-1986, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) Grover C. “Bill” Gulick was born on February 22, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri. After a series of jobs during the Great Depression, in 1940 Gulick enr...

Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968

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Editor of science fiction stories. From the description of Recordings, 1949-1968. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 122256976 Critic, editor and writer William Anthony Parker (W. A. P.) White, better known by the pseudonym Anthony Boucher, was born in Oakland, Calif. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1932, and obtained a M.A. in German from the Univeristy of California at Berkley. He initially planned to teach languages but turned to writing ...

Margulies, Leo, 1900-1975

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Editor and publisher of pulp magazines, and founder of the publishing enterprise, Renown Publications. From the description of Papers, 1946-1977. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19478780 Publisher and editor of pulp magazines; started Renown Publications, Inc., with his wife, Cylvia Kleinman Margulies. From the description of Correspondence, 1965 Sept. 9-[1967] Nov. 1. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 25017517 ...

Margolin, Phillip M. 1944-

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Phillip Margolin was born and educated in New York. He received a B.A. at the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1965 and a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1970. He spent 1965 to1967 in the Peace Corps in Liberia. He practiced criminal law in Portland, Oregon, until 1996, trying cases in circuit court, appeals court, and the United State Supreme Court. In 1996, he became a full-time writer, writing thriller novels and short stories. His books have appeared on the bes...

Lenniger Literary Agency.

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Charteris, Leslie, 1907-1993

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Writer of adventure and mystery stories, b. Singapore, Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin, d. Apr. 16, 1993. Attended Cambridge University which he left after success of his early books, changing his name to Leslie Charteris. Best known for his "Saint" detective stories, on which were based movies and popular television program of the same name. From the description of Letter to Sigmn [sic] R Lewis, 1945 March 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57595896 ...