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August 24, 2010 | History

Harlan Ellison

27 May 1934 -

Harlan Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a Jewish-American family. His family moved to Painesville, Ohio, but returned to Cleveland in 1949 after the death of his father. As a child, he performed in minstrel shows, and frequently ran away from home, taking odd jobs. He attended Ohio State University but was expelled after 18 months for hitting a professor who had denigrated his writing ability. He moved to New York City in 1955 to become a science fiction writer. Over the next two years, he published more than 100 short stories and articles. In 1957, he joined a street gang in Brooklyn as research for his novel Web of the City/Rumble and short story collection The Deadly Streets. In the late 1950s, he wrote erotic fiction under the pseudonym Cordwainer Bird. Later, he used the pseudonym for works that he felt were warped beyond his original intention by editors or producers.

He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1957 and returned to New York in 1960, before moving to Chicago, to write for Rogue magazine and work as an editor for Regency Books. In 1962, he moved to California and began writing for Hollywood film studios in. His first screenplay was for the film The Oscar. He also wrote scripts for television shows such as The Flying Nun, Burke's Law, Route 66, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Cimarron Strip.
During the late 1960s, he also wrote a column about political and social issues in television for the Los Angeles Free Press titled "The Glass Teat."

Ellison has won ten Hugo Awards, four Nebula Awards, and five Bram Stoker Awards (presented by the Horror Writers Association) including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He has written nine novels, hundreds of short stories, and many articles and essays. He continues to write from his home in Los Angeles, California with Susan, his fifth wife.

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Fiction, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, In library, OverDrive, American Science fiction, Science fiction, American, Fantasy fiction, American, Television broadcasting, American Fantasy fiction, American Horror tales, Authorship, Conformity, Fiction in English, Harlequin, Horror tales, American, James T. Kirk (Fictitious character), Juvenile delinquency, Leonard McCoy (Fictitious character), Manners and customs, Motion picture plays, Motion pictures, Reviews, Rock musicians, Science fiction
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  • Cordwainer Bird
  • Harlan ELLISON

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August 24, 2010 Edited by Magnus Manske merge authors
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January 10, 2009 Edited by caf21 Added pseudonym, added fuller name, added web site, added location, added birth date, added wikipedia link, added bio, added photo
January 10, 2009 Edited by caf21 Added pseudonym, added fuller name, added web site, added location, added birth date, added wikipedia link, added bio, added photo
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