Lester del Rey

Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey
	Judy-Lynn and Lester del Rey at Minicon in Minneapolis, 1974
Born	Leonard Knapp; June 2, 1915; Saratoga Township, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1993 (aged 77); New York City, U.S.
Pen name	John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Philip St. John, Charles Satterfield, Erik van Lhin, Kenneth Wright
Occupation	Writer, editor
Period	1938–1991
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction
Spouses	; unknown (m. 1935; died 1935) ; Helen Schlaz (m. 1945; div. 1949) ; Evelyn Harrison (m. 1954; died 1970) ; Judy-Lynn Benjamin (m. 1971; died 1985)

Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, subsequently Random House, working for his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey’s imprint, Del Rey.

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Lester del Rey
Judy-Lynn and Lester del Rey at Minicon in Minneapolis, 1974
Born	Leonard Knapp (1915-06-02)June 2, 1915 Saratoga Township, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1993(1993-05-10) (aged 77) New York City, U.S.
Pen name	John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Philip St. John, Charles Satterfield, Erik van Lhin, Kenneth Wright
Occupation	Writer, editor
Period	1938–1991
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction
Spouses	unknown (m. 1935; died 1935) ^[1] Helen Schlaz (m. 1945; div. 1949) ^[1] Evelyn Harrison (m. 1954; died 1970) ^[1] Judy-Lynn Benjamin (m. 1971; died 1985)