thumb|upright=0.7|An early cover story in August 1961

Poul William Anderson ( <!--not "pool"-->; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards.

Biography

Poul Anderson was born on November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Danish parents. Soon after his birth, his father, Anton Anderson, relocated the family to Texas, where they lived for more than ten years. After Anton Anderson's death, his widow took the children to Denmark. The family returned to the United States after the beginning of World War II, settling eventually on a Minnesota farm.

While he was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota, Anderson's first stories were published by editor John W. Campbell in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction: "Tomorrow's Children" by Anderson and F. N. Waldrop in March 1947 and a sequel, "Chain of Logic" by Anderson alone, in July. <!-- end of reflist -->

Sources

  • Bio, bibliography and book covers at FantasticFiction
  • Obituary and tributes from the SFWA
  • Poul Anderson Appreciation, by Dr. Paul Shackley
  • Poul Anderson, an essay by William Tenn
  • The Society for Creative Anachronism, of which Poul Anderson was a founding member
  • The King of Ys review at FantasyLiterature.net

; By Poul Anderson

  • On Thud and Blunder, an essay by Anderson on fantasy fiction, from the SFWA
  • Poul Anderson's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
  • SFWA directory of literary estates