Murray Leinster
American science fiction writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murray Leinster (/ˈlɛnstər/) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.
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Born | William Fitzgerald Jenkins (1896-06-16)June 16, 1896 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | June 8, 1975(1975-06-08) (aged 78) Gloucester, Virginia, U.S. |
Pen name | Murray Leinster, William Fitzgerald, Louisa Carter Lee, Will F. Jenkins, Fitzgerald Jenkins |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Fantasy, science fiction, horror fiction, mystery fiction, Western fiction, pulp fiction |
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