Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
Biographical Notes
Biographical Notes — Table-of-Contents
- Aandahl, Vance (1944- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aandahl_vance
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1839-1929) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/abbott_edwin_a
- Abernathy, Robert (H.) (1924-1990) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/abernathy_robert
- Ableman, Paul (Victor) (1927-2006) (stories)
- Born in Leeds, England; died in London; novelist and playwright; novelizer of BBC series.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ableman_paul
- Abramov, Alexander (Sergeevich) (1904-1985) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/abramov_aleksandr
- Ackerman, Forrest J(ames) (1916-2008) (books) (stories)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008.html; www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ackerman_forrest_j
- Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison
- Adlard, Mark [i.e., Peter Marcus Adlard] (1932- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/adlard_mark
- Aickman, Robert (Fordyce) (1914-1981) (books) (stories)
- Grandson of Richard B. Heldmann.
- Aiken, Joan (Delano) (1924-2004) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Aiken
- Ainsworth, W(illiam) Harrison (1805-1882) (stories)
- Born and educated in Manchester; called to the bar in 1828 but turned to writing; editor of various magazines.
See also bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/william-harrison-ainsworth.html
- Alden, W(illiam) L(ivingston) (1837-1908) (stories)
- Born in Williamstown, Mass. Novelist and humorist; for some years American Consul-General in Rome, and later lived in England.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/alden_w_l
- Aldiss, Brian W(ilson) (1925- ) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Aldiss
- Aldrin, Buzz [i.e., Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.] (1930- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin
- Alexander, David (1932-2010) (stories)
- See www.northern-times.co.uk/Home/DAVID-ALEXANDER-Culrain-5930060.htm
- Allen, (Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) (1848-1899) (stories)
- Born in Kingston, Ontario.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/allen_grant
- Allingham, Margery (Louise) (1904-1966) (stories)
- Wife of Youngman Carter.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Allingham
- Alper, Gerald Arthur (fl. 1970-1972) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/alper_gerald_a
- Alpers, Hans-Joachim (1943-2011) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/alpers_hans_joachim
- Alter, Robert Edmond (1925-1966) (stories)
- Author. Born in San Francisco, California; lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/alter_robert_edmond
- Altov, Genrikh; pseudonym of Genrikh Altshuller (1926-1998) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/altov_genrikh
- Amis, [Sir] Kingsley (William) (1922-1995) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley_Amis
- Anderson, Jack (Warren) (1935- ) (stories)
- Poet.
- Anderson, Karen [i.e., June Millichamp Kruse Anderson] (1932- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anderson_karen
- Anderson, Poul (William) (1926-2001) (books) (stories)
- Writer best known for his many excellent award-winning science fiction and fantasy stories. Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anderson_poul
- Andersson, Nic (fl. 1973-1976) (stories)
- also as Nick Anderson.
- Anstey, F.; pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anstey_f
- Anthony, Piers; pseudonym of Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (1934- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anthony_piers
- Anvil, Christopher; pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby (1925-2009) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anvil_christopher
- Apostolides, Alex (1923- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/apostolides_alex
- Ariss, Bruce (Wallace, Jr.) (1911-1977)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ariss_bruce
- Arnason, Eleanor (Atwood) (1942- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/arnason_eleanor
- Arnold, Edwin Lester (Linden) (1857-1935) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/arnold_edwin_l
- Arnold, Frank Edward [i.e., Francis Joseph Eric Edward Arnold] (1914-1987) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/arnold_frank_edward
- Ashby, Richard (fl. 1949-1975) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ashby_richard
- Ashley, Mike [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ashley_mike
- Ashwell, Pauline; pseudonym of Pauline Whitby (1926- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ashwell_pauline
- Asimov, Isaac [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
- Asimov, Janet (Opal Jeppson) (1926- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/asimov_janet
- Asprin, Robert Lynn (1946-2008) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/asprin_robert_lynn
- Asquith, [Lady] Cynthia (Mary Evelyn, née Charteris) (1887-1960) (books) (stories)
- Wife of Herbert Asquith.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Asquith
- Asquith, Herbert (H.) (1881-1947) (books) (stories)
- Born in London. Captain in Royal Field Artillery; husband of Cynthia (Mary Evelyn Charteris) Asquith.
- Atherton, Gertrude (Franklin Horn) (1857-1948) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/atherton_gertrude
- Atkey, Bertram (1880-1952) (stories)
- Author, creator of criminal character “Smiler Bunn” and amateur detective “Prosper Fair.” Born in Wiltshire, England; lived in Coniston, Highcliffe-on-Sea, Hants, England.
- Aton, James L. (1879-?) (stories)
- Born in Kentucky, a painter.
- Attanasio, A(lfred) A(ngelo) (1951- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/attanasio_a_a
- Atwood, Margaret (Eleanor Kilian) (1939- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Atwood
- Ausonius, Decimus Magnus (310-395) (stories)
- Roman poet and rhetorician; tutor of emperor Gratian. Born in Gaul (i.e., Burdigala [Bordeaux]); died in Burdigala.
- Avallone, Michael (Angelo, Jr.) (1924-1999) (stories)
- Writer, best known for his prose adaptations of television shows. Born in New York City; died Los Angeles, California.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/avallone_michael
- Aymé, Marcel (André) (1902-1967) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ayme_marcel
- Ayrton, Michael (1921-1975) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ayrton_michael
- Babcock, Nathaniel P. (fl. 1886-1903) (stories)
- Possibly Nathaniel Palmer Babcock, editor/journalist, born in New York in 1851 and living there in 1910.
- Baber, Asa (1936-2003) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baber_asa
- Bacon, [Sir] Francis, Viscount St. Albans, Baron Verulam (1561-1626) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bacon_francis
- Bade, William L(emoine) (1928- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bade_william_l
- Baen, James (Patrick) (1943-2006) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baen_jim
- Bailey, Hilary (D.) (1936- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bailey_hilary
- Baker, Scott (MacMartin) (1947- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baker_scott
- Balchin, Nigel (Marlin) (1908-1970) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Balchin
- Ball, Brian N(eville) (1932- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ball_brian_n
- Ballard, J(ames) G(raham) (1930-2009) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard
- Balmer, Edwin (1883-1959) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/balmer_edwin
- Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzac
- Bamber, George (1932- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bamber_george
- Bangs, John Kendrick (1862-1922) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bangs_john_kendrick
- Banister, Manly (Miles) (1914-1986) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/banister_manly
- Bankier, William (John) (1928-2014) (stories)
- See www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=169288573
- Banks, Michael A.; pseudonym of Alan Gould (1951- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/banks_michael_a
- Banks, Raymond E(ugene) (1918-1996) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/banks_raymond_e
- Barbauld, Anna Laetitia Aikin (1743-1825) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barbauld_anna_laetitia
- Barbet, Pierre; pseudonym of Claude Pierre Marie Avice (1925-1995) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barbet_pierre
- Barclay, Alan; pseudonym of George B. Tait (1909-1991) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barclay_alan
- Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Barham_(priest)
- Barker, S(quire) Omar (1894-1985) (stories)
- Prolific poet and writer. Born in Beulah, New Mexico; died in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
- Barnes, Arthur K(elvin) (1911-1969) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnes_arthur_k
- Barnes, Steven [i.e., Stephen Emory Barnes] (1952- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnes_steven
- Barr, Robert (1850-1912) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barr_robert
- Barrett, Neal (Patrick), Jr. (1929-2014) (stories)
- Born in San Antonio, Texas; died in Austin, Texas; also known for his fantasy and science fiction.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barrett_neal_jr
- Barrett, William E(dmund) (1900-1986) (stories)
- Writer. Born in New York City; died in Denver, Colorado.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barrett_william_e
- Barth, John (Simmons) (1930- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barth
- Barthelme, Donald (1931-1989) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barthelme
- Barton, Eustace Robert (1868-1943) (stories)
- Physician in London and medical director of a mental hospital in Northampton.
- Barton, Ralph (1891-1931) (stories)
- Born in Kansas City, Missouri; died in New York City.
- Bass, T. J.; pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler, M.D. (1932-2011) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bass_t_j
- Bates, Harry [i.e., Hiram Gilmore Bates, III] (1900-1981) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bates_harry
- Baum, L(yman) Frank (1856-1919) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baum_l_frank
- Bauman, Jill (fl. 1981-2014)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Bauman
- Baxter, John (Martin) (1939- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baxter_john
- Bayley, Barrington J(ohn) (1937-2008) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bayley_barrington_j
- Beagle, Peter S(oyer) (1939- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beagle_peter_s
- Bear, Greg(ory Dale) (1951- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bear_greg
- Beaumont, Charles [legalized from Charles Leroy Nutt] (1929-1967) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beaumont_charles
- Bedford-Jones, H(enry James O’Brien) (1887-1949) (stories)
- An adventurer who spent at least a portion of his life in the Philippines and lived in Honduras.
One of the foremost writers of adventure stories and an expert on military history and battles. Born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada; naturalized as an American citizen; died in Beverly Hills, California.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bedford-jones_h
- Bell, Neil; pseudonym of Stephen Southwold (1887-1964) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bell_neil
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