William L. Crawford

Infobox writer
name = William L. Crawford
caption =
pseudonym = Peter Reynolds (with Amelia Reynolds Long), Garret Ford:based on his wife's name-Margaret Crawford
birthname =
birthdate = 1911
birthplace = city-state|Trafford|Pennsylvania, U.S.
deathdate = Death year and age|1984|1911
deathplace =
occupation = Publisher, editor, printer, novelist
nationality = United States
period =
genre = Science fiction
website =

William Levi Crawford (1911–1984) was an American publisher and editor. In 1935, Crawford published "Mars Mountain", by Eugene George Key. It was the first full length book to be issued by a publisher that specialized in science fiction. [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=664 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X] He also published two early science fiction magazines, "Marvel Tales" and "Unusual Stories". Crawford published books under a number of different imprints before founding the Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in 1946. Crawford edited several anthologies that he also published. He co wrote the 1936 novel "Behind the Evidence" with Amelia Reynolds Long under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds. [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=705-706 | date=1998] The Crawford Award, is named in his honor. [cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute | coauthors = John Grant | title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | location=New York | publisher=St. Martin's Press| pages=1015 | date=1997 | id=ISBN 0-88184-708-9]

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=272 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X
*cite book | last=Eshbach | first=Lloyd Arthur | authorlink=Lloyd Arthur Eshbach | title=Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era | location=Philadelphia| publisher=Oswald Train | pages=251-264 | date=1983|oclc=10489084
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=120 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1