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Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son of Norwegian immigrant parents. He was raised in Brooklyn and started writing at age eight. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He served as an infantry soldier in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. Between 1950 and 1971, he wrote dozens of stories, frequently blending elements of science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 1951 he moved to California and became a screenwriter, writing episodes for The Twilight Zone, Lawman, and Star Trek, and screenplays for horror movies such as The Devil Rides Out and Steven Spielberg's Duel. During the 1950s he published a handful of Western stories. His autobiographical war novel The Beardless Warriors was published in 1960.

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Born 20 February 1926
Died 23 June 2013

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Born 20 February 1926
Died 23 June 2013

Subjects

Fiction, American Horror tales, American Science fiction, American Short stories, Science fiction, American Fantasy fiction, English Science fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, science fiction, general, Horror tales, Short stories, Vampires, English Horror tales, Epidemics, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, westerns, Texas Rangers, Vampires, fiction, coroners, horror, inquests, mountain lions, paranormal fiction, short stories, American Authors

Places

Maine, Bridgton, Calcutta, England, Falmouth, George, Hartford, India, Jerusalem's Lot, Lady Birdwell, Miss Roach, New England, Surrey, Texas, Toledo, Zachry

People

Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Aggie Bibber, Alan Turman, Amanda Dumfries, Ambrose Cornell, Andrew Drayton, Arnie Simms, Ben Michaelson, Bill Giosti, Booth, Brenton Norton, Bud Brown, Buddy Eagleton, Carla Norton, Dan Miller, Davy Crockett, Dick Muehler, Dougls Trumbull, Father Time, George, Gerard Lumley, Grimesby Roylott, Hank Vannerman, Hattie Turman

Time

1976-1979, 20th century

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  • Richard Burton Matheson
  • Richard B. Matheson
  • Matheson Richard

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September 2, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import