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ABDULLAH, Achmed
There was a time when his name was synonymous with romantic, exotic adventure. A great author from the pulp magazines of the early 20th Century! |
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AGUIRRE, Forrest
Forrest Aguirre is an American fantasy and horror author, and winner of the 2003 World Fantasy Award for his editing work on Leviathan 3, for which he was also a Philip K. Dick Award nominee. |
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ALCOTT, Louisa May
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist best remembered for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. |
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ALGER, Horatio
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works are rags-to-riches stories, with down-and-out boys achieving the American Dream through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. |
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ALHAZRED, Abdul
Abdul Alhazred is a (fictional?) character created by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. He is the so-called "Mad Arab" credited with authoring the imaginary book Kitab al-Azif (the Necronomicon), and as such an integral part of Cthulhu Mythos lore. |
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ALLEN, Fred
Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan; 1894-1956) was an American comedian whose absurdist, pointed radio show (1934–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio. |
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ALLEN, James
James Allen (1864-1912) was a philosophical British writer known for his inspirational works. His most famous book, "As a Man Thinketh," is now considered a classic self-help book. |
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ALLEN, Mike
Mike Allen (b. 1969) is an American editor and writer of speculative fiction and poetry. The Philadelphia Inquirer has described Allen as "among the better-known practitioners of speculative poetry" and said his poems "work best when his bizarre lyricism is put in the service of a scary and taut narrative." |
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AMES, William Homer
William Homer Ames wrote "100 Master Speeches: Speeches for Special Occasions." |
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ANDERS, Lou
Lou Anders is an American editor, author and journalist, primarily of science fiction/fantasy novels, articles and short stories. |
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ANDREWS, Donna
Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia, the setting of Murder with Peacocks and Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos, and now lives and works in Reston, Virginia. When not writing fiction, Andrews is a self-confessed nerd, rarely found away from her computer, unless she's messing in the garden. |
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ANTHONY, Patricia
Patricia Anthony (b. 1947) is an American science fiction and Slipstream author. Anthony published her first science fiction novel in 1992 with Cold Allies. |
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ARNZEN, Michael A.
Michael A. Arnzen is a horror author and writer of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, "Grave Markings." He won his second Bram Stoker Award for his newsletter and his third for his poetry collection, "Freakcidents." |
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ASHER, Neal
Neal Asher's work encompasses many classic science fiction tropes including world-ruling artificial intelligences, androids, hive minds, aliens and time travel. His novels are characterized by fast paced action and violent encounters. While his work is frequently epic in scope and thus nominally space opera, its graphic and aggressive tone is more akin to cyberpunk. |
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ASPRIN, Robert
Robert Asprin is the creator of the M.Y.T.H. series of comic fantasy novels, as well as such other works as the Phool's Company series, etc. |
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ATTANASIO, A. A.
Alfred Angelo Attanasio (b. 1951) is an author of fantasy and science fiction. His mind-bending SF novel "Radix" was nominated for the 1981 Nebula Award for Best Novel. |
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AUBREY, Frank
Francis Henry Atkins Sr. (1840 - 1927) wrote as "Frank Aubrey." He is best remembered for his fantasy works, such as "The Devil-Tree of El Dorado" and "A Queen of Atlantis." |
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BABSON, Roger W.
Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) founded Babson College in Massachusetts. He was an entrepreneur and business theorist in the first half of the 20th Century. |
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BANGS, John Kendrick
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.
Bangs also served for a short time (January-June, 1889) as the first editor of Munsey's Magazine and became editor of the American edition of the Harper-owned Literature from January to November, 1899. |
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BEDFORD-JONES, H.
Known as the "King of the Pulps" for his writing speed, versatility, and high quality output, H. Bedford-Jones published thousands of novels and short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th Century. Great adventure reading! |
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BIGGERS, Earl Derr
Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. |
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BLOCH, Robert
Robert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific American writer. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (including the classic "Psycho"). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent. |
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BURKE, Thomas
Thomas Burke (1886-1945) was a British author. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centered around life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator. |
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