Murray Leinster
Novelist, short story writer (1896-1975) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles.
Murray Leinster is read about 66 times a day, in 23 languages.
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Media & music
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Leinster's "Juju" was the cover story of The Thrill Book in October 1919.
Leinster's "The Fifth-Dimensional Catapult" was the cover story in the January 1931 Astounding Stories.
Leinster as depicted in Amazing Stories in 1953
Leinster's "Planet of Sand" was cover-featured on the February 1948 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries.
Leinster's "The Strange Invasion" was the cover story on the April 1958 issue of Satellite Science Fiction. It was issued in book form later that year as War with the Gizmos.
Talents Incorporated book cover
Reprint of "The Red Dust", May 1949Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1975 · aged 78
Where to find them
In the same film or series as Murray
John BrunnerAlso in The Terrornauts (1967)Charles HawtreyAlso in The Terrornauts (1967)
Olive CareyAlso in Border Devils (1932)
James StephensonAlso in Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Mamie Van DorenAlso in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Edward FaulknerAlso in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Olive CareyAlso in Border Devils (1932)James StephensonAlso in Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)Mamie Van DorenAlso in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)Edward FaulknerAlso in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)