Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera.
In 2020, she won a Retro Hugo for her novel The Nemesis From Terra, originally published as "Shadow Over Mars" (Startling Stories, Fall 1944). ==Life== Leigh Brackett was born December 7, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, and grew up there.
She died of cancer in 1978 in Lancaster, California. ==Career== ===Fiction writer=== Brackett first published in her mid-20s; the science fiction story "Martian Quest" appeared in the February 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
In 2020, she won a Retro Hugo for her novel The Nemesis From Terra, originally published as "Shadow Over Mars" (Startling Stories, Fall 1944). ==Life== Leigh Brackett was born December 7, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, and grew up there.
On December 31, 1946, at age 31, she married Edmond Hamilton in San Gabriel, California, and moved with him to Kinsman, Ohio.
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera.
She died of cancer in 1978 in Lancaster, California. ==Career== ===Fiction writer=== Brackett first published in her mid-20s; the science fiction story "Martian Quest" appeared in the February 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
In 2020, she won a Retro Hugo for her novel The Nemesis From Terra, originally published as "Shadow Over Mars" (Startling Stories, Fall 1944). ==Life== Leigh Brackett was born December 7, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, and grew up there.
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