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Walter B. Gibson

Gibson, Walter Brown

September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985 (aged 88)

Birth place: Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA

9 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
December 1927 43 Essay Houdini Tales of Magic and Mystery, December 1927
December 1927 Editor Tales of Magic and Mystery - 1927 Tales of Magic and Mystery, December 1927
January 1928 Editor Tales of Magic and Mystery - 1928 Tales of Magic and Mystery, January 1928
February 1928 43 Essay Daring Exploits of Houdini Tales of Magic and Mystery, February 1928
March 1928 13 Essay Further Famous Escapes of Harry Houdini Tales of Magic and Mystery, March 1928
April 1929 54 Short Fiction The Witch in the Next Room Ghost Stories, April 1929
June 1930 98 Short Fiction Can a Dog Have a Soul? Ghost Stories, June 1930
April 1931 117 Short Fiction The Green Light The Shadow - A Detective Magazine, April 1931
August 1961 108 Essay The Unwanted Evidence Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, August 1961

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2019 Retro Hugo Award Best Novella The Robot Master Nominee

Appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth in 1974 discussing his work writing The Shadow.
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