Hayford Peirce | |
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.jpg) Hayford Peirce in his Tucson office in 2006 | |
| Born | January 7, 1942 Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 2020 (aged 78) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Science fiction Mysteries Spy thriller |
Hayford Peirce (January 7, 1942 – November 19, 2020) was an American writer of science fiction, mysteries, and a spy thriller. He wrote numerous short stories for the science-fiction magazines Analog, Galaxy, and Omni, as well as mystery shorts for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that "he established a name for lightly written tales whose backgrounds were unusually well conceived."[1]