- Stanley Mullen
Infobox writer
name = Stanley Mullen
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pseudonym = John Peter Drummond, Stanley Beecher, Lee Beecher
birthname =
birthdate = Birth date|1911|06|20
birthplace = city-state|Colorado Springs|Colorado
deathdate = Death year and age|1973|1911
deathplace =
occupation = artist, novelist, short story writer, publisher, museum curator
nationality =United States
period =
genre =Science fiction , Fantasy
website =Stanley Mullen (Birth date|1911|06|20 – 1973) was an American artist, short story writer, novelist and publisher. He studied writing at the
University of Colorado at Boulder and drawing, painting and lithography at theColorado Springs Fine Arts Center where he was accepted as a professional member in 1937.cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=34 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1] A series of his paintings of Indian ceremonial dances is part of the permanent collection of theDenver Art Museum . Mullen worked as assistant curator of the Colorado State Historical Museum during the 1940s. Mullen wrote over 200 stories and articles in a variety of fields. He became involved with thesmall press publisher New Collector's Group before starting his own small press publisher, Gorgon Press, in 1948.cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=314, 469-471 | date=1998]Books by Stanley Mullen
* "The Sphinx Child" (1948)
* "Moonfoam and Sorceries" (1948)
* "Kinsmen of the Dragon " (1951)Awards
*1959, Mullen's story "Space to Swing a Cat" was nominated for a
Hugo Award for Best Short Story [cite web | title = The 1959 Hugo Awards | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=60 | accessdate = 2008-04-22 ] .Notes
References
*cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |coauthors=Peter Nicholls| title=
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | location=New York| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | pages=837 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=322 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8
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