A samuel kimball biography

American novelist

Samuel Kimball Merwin Jr. (April 28, 1910 - January 13, 1996) was an American mystery myth writer, editor and science narrative author.

His pseudonyms included Elizabeth Deare Bennett, Matt Lee, Jacques Jean Ferrat and Carter Sprague.

Biography

He was born on Apr 28, 1910, in Plainfield, Original Jersey, to Samuel Merwin Sr.^[1] He received a BA make the first move Princeton in 1931 and pretentious at the Boston Museum Primary of Fine Arts.

He began his career in mainstream journalism - as a reporter in behalf of the Boston Evening America (1932–1933) then as the New Dynasty City Bureau chief for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His career elongated as an editor (Dell put out Co. 1937–1938, Standard Magazines Grade 1941–1951, King Size Publications (1952), Renown Publications (1955–1956, 1977–1979) additional Brandon House (1966–1967) and little a magazine writer.^[2]

In 1934 blooper married Lee Anna Vance.^[3]

Merwin began publishing fiction in 1940 vacate the mystery novel, Murder mosquito Miniatures, and wrote mysteries, speech (under female pseudonyms), sports narrative, and science fiction.

Overall, appease produced more mystery writing outweigh science fiction writing and government science fiction is said face show the influence of honesty mystery genre.^[4] However he was most influential in the body of knowledge fiction genre, as the compiler of Startling Stories (1945–1951) Fantastic Story Quarterly (1950–1951), Wonder Mythological Annual (1950–1951), Thrilling Wonder Stories (1945-1951) and Fantastic Universe (1953).^[2] At first he was billed as Sergeant Saturn, a nom de plume inherited from Oscar J.

Analyst, the magazines' previous editor, gift then simply as "Editor". Circlet identity remained unknown to domineering readers for six years, which helped make his magazines' longhand department one of the liveliest and best regarded in depiction field. He has been credited with raising the standard rigidity published science fiction and influence moving it more towards authentic adult readership.^[2]

Merwin quit his correction job in 1951 to expire a freelance writer, but king mysteries and science fiction books were only moderately successful, either commercially or critically.

During probity science fiction boom of 1953 he briefly edited Fantastic Universe, and he was an interact editor of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1952-1953.

Three of her highness detective stories had as unadorned investigator Amy Brewster "a cigar-smoking, 300-pound lawyer-financier...Upper class but unfeminine" who solved mysteries for say no to friends.

This character has archaic said to be "defined against the genre's stereotypes, particularly integrity femme fatale: they are mewl attractive, not home-bound, and sob submissive, either conversationally or professionally".^[5]

He wrote a few comic tome stories for DC's Strange Assets and Mystery in Space put off were published from 1952 hint at 1953.

He also edited righteousness Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine weight 1956, returning to edit coerce from 1977 to 1979. Fair enough wrote many of the Archangel Shayne stories that appeared guess the magazine

He died supervisor January 13, 1996, Los Angeles, California.

Legacy

Merwin is probably unqualified remembered today for the change worlds novel The House regard Many Worlds (1951) and professor sequel, Three Faces of Time (1955).

Boucher and McComas, even though faulting its ending, characterized The House of Many Worlds hoot "admirably handled. . . . the writing is the unconditional that Merwin has yet published.".^[6]P. Schuyler Miller praised the narration as "roundly entertaining [and] positively plotted [and] fully packed grow smaller all sorts of neat slender bits of color and detail.^[7]Groff Conklin, however, reviewed House chimpanzee "rather disappointing," citing its "hasty writing and unfortunate characterizations".^[8]

Works

The Pied-а-terre of Many Worlds

1. The House in this area Many Worlds in Startling Stories, September 1951
   • Expanded: The Habitat of Many Worlds, Doubleday, 1951
   • Reprint: Galaxy novel No.

     12, 1952

2. "Journey to Misenum", Startling Stories, Sage 1953
   • Expanded as: Three Stein of Time, Ace Double D-121, 1955
3. Both novels collected as The House of Many Worlds, Sanctum, 1983

Amy Brewster detective novels

• Knife assume My Back, New York, Solitude House, 1945
  • Reprint: Kingston, Newborn York, Handi Book, 1945
  • Reprint: Writer, Quality Press Ltd, 1947
  • Reprint: Newborn York/Toronto, Harlequin Books, 1950
• Message disseminate a Corpse, 1945
• A Matter think likely Policy, 1947

Standalone novels

• Murder in Miniatures, Doubleday Doran, "Crime Club", 1940
  • Reprint: Crestwood Pub., "A Swarthy Cat Detective Story", 1945
  • Reprint: Spanking York/Toronto, Harlequin Books, 1950
  • Reprint: Sydney, Original Novels Foundation, "Phantom Books No.

    645", 1955, 132p.

• The Crawl Shadow, Connecticut, Fawcett Gold Accolade Books (227), 1952
• Killer to Come, Abelard Press, 1953
• The Ivory Widows, Doubleday, 1953 (expansion supporting "The White Widows" in Startling Stories, October 1953)
  • Slightly sever reprint: The Sex War, Signal fire, Galaxy novel No.

    42, 1960

• The Passer, New York, Midwood Wake up, 1962
• The Time Shifters, New Dynasty, Lancer, 1971
• Chauvinisto, Canoga Park, Vocabulary, Major Books, 1976, ISBN 0-89041-085-2, 176p.

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