Wallace West

Wallace West
Born	May 22, 1900
Died	March 8, 1980(1980-03-08) (aged 79)
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	The Bird of Time (1959)

Wallace West ((1900-05-22)May 22, 1900 – (1980-03-08)March 8, 1980) was an American science fiction writer.

Biography

West was born May 22, 1900.

He began publishing during 1927 with the story "Loup-Garou" in Weird Tales. The majority of West's work, which was published prior to the 1960s, was short fiction. His few novels, mostly published after World War II, were mostly re-workings of his pre-war short fiction.

He is credited with suggesting the plot to the Arch Oboler radio play Profits Unlimited.

Bibliography

Film history

• Alice in Wonderland (1934)
• Betty Boop in Snow-White (1934)
• Paramount Newsreel Men with Admiral Byrd in Little America (1934)

Novels

• The Bird of Time (1959)
• Lords of Atlantis (1960)
• The Memory Bank (1962)
• River of Time (1963)
• The Time-Lockers (1964)
• The Everlasting Exiles (1967)

Short stories

• "The Last Filibuster" (1967)

References

• Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 1317. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 452–453. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.

External links

• Works by Wallace West at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Wallace West at Internet Archive
• Works by Wallace West at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Wallace West at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Wallace West at IMDb