Avram Davidson
Avram Davidson was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genres, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, and an Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine short story award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Davidson edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Yonkers
- Awards
- 🏆 Edgar Awards🏆 Hugo Award for Best Short Story🏆 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection🏆 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction🏆 Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine
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"“The fact that you know the questions,” he said, a mite grudgingly, “tends to make me think you might really know the answers."
"It was but that, seeing him and so imagining that something about him was otherwise, automatically they feared him."
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Timeline
1923
Born
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Died
Death
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