Jack Williamson

1908 - 2006

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: speculative/fantastic fiction, science fiction

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Eastern New Mexico University, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado

occupation: writer, novelist, science fiction writer

award received: Nebula Award, Pilgrim Award, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Hugo Award for Best Novella, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, Robert A. Heinlein Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

influenced by: Abraham Grace Merritt, Edward Elmer Smith, H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum

John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund. Source: Wikipedia (en)