Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (1896–1975), an American writer known for his prolific contributions to science fiction and fantasy. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Leinster began his writing career at a young age and published his first story, “The Runaway Skyscraper,” in 1919 at the age of 23. Throughout his life, […]
Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) was an American author known for his imaginative and provocative works of science fiction and fantasy. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Farmer discovered his love for writing at a young age and published his first short story in 1946 while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Farmer’s writing
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Philip Kindred Dick was born December 16, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. His early life, marked by the death of his twin sister just weeks after birth and a pervasive sense of alienation, would become the fertile ground from which his singular vision bloomed. He wasn’t born into privilege or ease; rather, he emerged from a
Ray Douglas Bradbury was born August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois—a place he would forever transmute into Green Town, Illinois, a shimmering echo of memory and longing that would recur throughout his work. He didn’t need the vastness of space to conjure worlds; he found them nestled within the familiar contours of childhood, the scent
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) was an American author known for her contributions to science fiction, fantasy, and screenwriting. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and developed a passion for writing at an early age. Brackett drew inspiration from classic literature, pulp magazines, and her love of adventure stories. Despite facing gender barriers in the male-dominated
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his contributions to science fiction literature. He was born in Petrovichi, Russia, but his family immigrated to the United States when he was a young child, settling in New York City. Asimov showed an early aptitude for science and writing,
Poul William Anderson was born November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania. His beginnings were humble—a childhood shaped by the hardscrabble rhythms of the American Midwest and a voracious hunger for stories. This early life wasn’t one of privilege, but rather a crucible forging a unique perspective that would later define his work. He didn’t grow
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for “A Study in Scarlet,” the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of
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Carlo Collodi, born Carlo Lorenzini (1826–1890), was an Italian author best known for creating the classic children’s story “The Adventures of Pinocchio” (1883). Collodi was a prolific writer and journalist, but it is “Pinocchio” that has endured as his most famous and beloved work. “The Adventures of Pinocchio” tells the story of a wooden puppet