(November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001)
Poul Anderson was born Pennsylvania, of Scandinavian parents. He grew up in Denmark, but returned to the US at the start of WWII. He began his writing career in the late 40s and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson wrote sf, fantasy, historical novels, mysteries, and many short stories. He won seven Hugos and three Nebulas. While most of his writing was under his own name, he also wrote as Winston P. Sanders, and A. A. Craig.
He received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948 and married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to Greg Bear. He was president of SFWA, a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, member of the Hyborian Legion, member of the old MFS, founder of the Alforbundet, one of the lyricists of "Bouncing Potatoes", a frequent contributor to fanzines, especially Amra, an active member of the committee for SFCon, a Baker Street Irregular, a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (known as Sir Bela of Eastmarch) .
He was GoH at Detention, 1959 Worldcon, the 1971 DeepSouthCon held in New Orleans LA, Minicon 3, Minicon 12, Windycon XXII, the 1998 Tropicon, Balticon 7, Balticon 13, Lunacon 38, DeepSouthCon 9, and Westercone. He received the SFWA Grand Master Award in 1998.
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