Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber stands among the science fiction greats, creator of the term and genre "Sword and Sorcery." He wrote fantastical horror that was influenced by such writers as Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, and H.P. Lovecraft.

Born in 1910, Leiber had many careers in his life before becoming a full-time writer in 1956. The son of a leading Shakespearean actor and silent film star, he traveled with his father's troupe for a few years and even appeared in a film with Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor. He was also an Episcopal minister for a year, an editor, a speech and drama instructor, a precision inspector, and an associate editor at a science fiction magazine.

He first left acting to marry Jonquil Stephens in 1936. The two of them remained married until her death in 1969. He remained single until four months before his death in 1992 when he would marry Margo Skinner, a woman who was his partner for 20 years.

Leiber would spend 50 years writing fantasy, urban horror, and science fiction, works often published in spurts as he fought alcoholism. His works are well-decorated. He won six Hugos and was nominated for six more. He won three Nebulas, and was nominated 7 additional times. He won two World Fantasy Awards and was nominated six more times. He also received such awards and nominations as Locus, Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement, Anne Radcliffe Award, Balrogs, Gigameshes, and Lovecraft Awards.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fafhrd and Grey Mouser	Others:
Two Sought Adventure	Gather, Darkness!
Return to Lankhmar	Destiny Times Three
Swords Against Wizardry	Conjure Wife
Swords in the Mist	The Green Millennium
The Swords of Lankhmar	The Big Time
Swords Against Death	The Silver Eggheads
Swords and Deviltry	The Wanderer
Swords and Ice Magic	Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Lean Times in Lankhmar	A Spectre is Haunting Texas
Farewell to Lankhmar	Our Lady of Darkness
Ill Met in Lankhmar	Rime Isle
Swords’ Masters	The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich
Thieves’ House	Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser