Amelia Reynolds Long
Amelia Reynolds Long | |
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 Graduation photo of Reynolds Long from the University of Pennsylvania, 1931. | |
| Born | November 25, 1904 Columbia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 26, 1978 (aged 73) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Pen name | Peter Reynolds (sometimes with William L. Crawford) |
| Occupation | short story writer, novelist, poet |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Detective fiction, Science fiction |
Amelia Reynolds Long (November 25, 1904 – March 26, 1978) was an American detective fiction writer, novelist, and a pioneer woman writer for the early science fiction magazines of the 1930s.
Biography
A resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, she was the author of a number of science fiction stories, including "A Leak in the Fountain of Youth" and "Scandal in the Fourth Dimension."[1] Her Weird Tales story, "The Thought-Monster," was made into the 1958 British science fiction film Fiend Without a Face. The story sale to the film's producers was brokered by her agent Forrest J Ackerman. She co-wrote the 1936 novel Behind the Evidence with William L. Crawford under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds.[2] Some of her stories appeared under the byline "A. R. Long".
References
- ^ Amazing science fiction anthology : the war years, 1936-1945. Greenberg, Martin Harry,, Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992,, Barr, George, 1937-, Jankus, Hank,, Jaquays, Paul. Lake Geneva, WI. 1987. ISBN 0880384409. OCLC 15532459.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Chalker, Jack L.; Owings, Mark (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 705–706.
External links
- Amelia Reynolds Long at IMDb
- Amelia Reynolds Long at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Simms, Richard (2007-02-27). "A Tribute to Amelia Reynolds Long". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 279. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
- 1904 births
- 1978 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American crime fiction writers
- American women novelists
- People from Columbia, Pennsylvania
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Novelists from Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American women writers
- Women crime fiction writers