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Leigh Douglass Brackett, Leigh Brackett Hamilton
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Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production. In 1956, her book The Long Tomorrow made her the first woman ever shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and, along with C. L. Moore, one of the first two women ever nominated for a Hugo Award. In 2020, she posthumously won a Retro Hugo for her novel The Nemesis From Terra, originally published as Shadow Over Mars (Startling Stories, Fall 1944).
Career
- 1915Born
- 1978Passed away
- 1981Won Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- 2014Won Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
- 2020Won Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 2023Won Poussière Prize
- Member of Writers Guild of America West
- Notable work: Eric John Stark
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Los Angeles
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: screenwriter, novelist, writer, science fiction writer
- •Genre: science fiction, Western, space opera
- •Spouse: Edmond Hamilton
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