David G. Hartwell

David G. Hartwell
Hartwell the morning after winning the Hugo, 2006
Hartwell the morning after winning the Hugo, 2006
BornDavid Geddes Hartwell
(1941-07-10)July 10, 1941
Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 74)
Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Editor
  • literary critic
  • publisher
EducationWilliams College (BA)
Colgate University (MA)
Columbia University (PhD)
Period1965–2016
Genre
  • Science fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
Spouse
Patricia Lee Wolcott
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(m. 1969; div. 1992)​
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(m. 1997)​
Children4
Website
davidghartwell.com

David Geddes Hartwell (July 10, 1941 – January 20, 2016) was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an award-winning editor of anthologies. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as "perhaps the single most influential book editor of the past forty years in the American [science fiction] publishing world".[1]

  1. ^ SF Encyclopedia