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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – Simon Hawke?

Simon Hawke (born September 30, 1951) is a USA author of mainly SF/F novels. He was born Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, but began writing as Simon Hawke in 1984 and later changed his legal name to Hawke. He has also written near future adventure novels under the penname “J. D. Masters” and a series of humorous …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – Peter O’Donnell’s MODESTY BLAISE?

I have seen these books described as fantasy now and again over the years, and as such they fit into this article series. But whether they are genuine fantasy or only borderline, I love them so much they’re here anyhow. Peter O’Donnell (born 11th April 1920, died 3rd May 2010) was a writer of mysteries …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – Gail Dayton?

This author hasn’t written a huge list of books. What she has written, which is why she is on my ‘Overlooked’ list, is a terrific trilogy; The Compass Rose in 2005, The Barbed Rose in 2006, and The Eternal Rose in 2007. These are often classified as romance, but I find them much more inclined …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – Victor Kelleher?

Victor Kelleher (born 1939) is a often classified as an Australian author but was in fact born in London and moved to Africa with his parents, at fifteen. He spent the next twenty years in Africa, before moving to New Zealand. Kelleher received a teaching degree in Africa and has taught in Africa, New Zealand …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – Alan E. Nourse.

Alan Nourse was born August 11, 1928 to Benjamin and Grace (Ogg) Nourse in Iowa. He attended high school in New York, and served in the US navy after the war. He earned a Bachelor of Science in 1951 and married Ann Morton the following year. In 1955 he received a Doctor of Medicine degree …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED NARRELLE M. HARRIS?

Narrelle M. Harris is a Melbourne-based writer of considerable versatility in many creative areas. Narrelle’s earliest writing was through science fiction fandom, including work based in Star Trek, Blake’s Seven and V universes. Her genzine, Inconsequential Parallax (co-written with husband, Tim Richards,) was nominated for a Ditmar Award in 1992. She wrote the award winning …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – GRANT CALLIN?

Grant David Callin was born in 1941. Callin graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, and retired from the service in 1984. He holds a bachelor’s degree in basic sciences, and advanced degrees in space physics, physiology and biophysics. From 1986, he worked for Boeing as a research analyst, and was also involved with …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – H.M.HOOVER?

H(elen) M(ary) Hoover was born on April 5th 1935. Both of her parents were teachers and she says that they instilled in her a love of books, a respect for nature, and a fear for the future of our planet. Themes that show in her writing. She held a number of jobs until deciding that …

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HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – John Levitt?

John Levitt’s first book Dog Days came out from Ace in November of 2007. And yes, usually the books/authors in this Overlooked series come from a lot further back in time. In this case I made an exception because it looks possible that the four books the author had out between 2007 and 2011 could …

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Have You Overlooked – Ardath Mayhar?

One of the things that I can say that may not be generally known about this author, was that Ardath was a friend of Andre Norton’s, and Andre admired her writing. Ardath (Frances Hurst) Mayhar was born in February 1930 and died February 2012, three weeks short of her 82nd birthday. She started writing SF …

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