Harold Lee Prosser papers, 1943-2009.

Herbert, Frank, 1920-1986

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Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986), more commonly known as Frank Herbert, was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer. Frank Herbert was born in 1920 in Tacoma, Washington. Because of a poor home environment, largely due to the Great Depress...

Williamson, J. N. (Jerry N.)

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Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001

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Poul Anderson is a popular science fiction writer, author of Tao Zero, The Queen of Air and Darkness, and others. Although he is often referred to as a writer of "hard" and scrupulously accurate science fiction, Anderson is also known for his creation of plausible fantasy worlds, often based on Nordic mythology. From the description of Papers of Poul Anderson, 1960-1977. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122565254 ...

Bloch, Robert, 1917-1994

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Robert Bloch was best known as the author of "Psycho." He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1917. He attended schools in Maywood, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as a free lance writer from 1934-1942. He then spent 11 years as a copywriter for a Milwaukee advertising agency before returning to freelance writing in 1953. He wrote primarily fantasy and suspense fiction. Bloch's most famous book was "Psycho," but he wrote other books including "Straitjacket," "The Psychopath," "Out of t...

Dunwich, Gerina.

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999

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American expatriate writer and novelist. From the description of Letter to Bob Sharrard, 1986 December. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54097458 American expatriate author living in Morocco. From the description of Papers of Paul Bowles [manuscript], 1957-1984 ca. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821107 American expatriate writer. From the description of Paul Bowles letter to Bob Sharrard [manuscript], 1987 March...

Nolan, William F., 1928-....

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Prosser, Harold Lee, 1944-

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Harold Lee Prosser was a writer and sociology teacher. He was a student and correspondent of writers Paul Bowles and Christopher Isherwood. He published biographies of science fiction writers Charles Beaumont, Frank Herbert, and Robert Bloch. He also corresponded with William F. Nolan and Poul Anderson. He wrote reviews and analyses of many other writers, as well as creating fiction and poetry of his own. He also taught courses using science fiction to exempify sociological issues. He had a life...

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist André Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Beaumont, Charles, 1929-1967

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Sherman, Jory

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Sherman is a writer and journalist. He has written novels, short stories, poems and articles which have been published in books and journals. He has also written for radio, motion pictures and television including an award-winning public service radio program on youth and drug and alcohol abuse. His novels include many Westerns and a series of novels called "Chill" about psychic phenomena. From the description of Papers, 1969-1979. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). W...