Lester del Rey
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Leonard Knapp, best known by his primary pseudonym, Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor.
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Del Rey's novella When the World Tottered was the cover story in the December 1950 issue of Fantastic Adventures, illustrated by Robert Gibson Jones
Del Rey's novelette "The Wind Between the Worlds" was the cover story in the March 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction
Del Rey's novelette "I Am Tomorrow" was the cover story in the debut issue of Dynamic Science Fiction in 1952
Del Rey's short novel The Life Watch took the cover of the September 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe
Del Rey's novel Badge of Infamy took the cover of the June 1957 issue of Satellite Science Fiction
Del Rey's "Spawning Ground" was the cover story in the September 1961 issue of IfAwards 1
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Andre NortonAlso won Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
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Hal ClementAlso won Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
Anne McCaffreyAlso won Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
Susan CooperAlso won Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master AwardAbout this person
Leonard Knapp, best known by his primary pseudonym, Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, working for his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1993 · aged 77
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