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'''Donald Metcalf Grant''' (born [[1927]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[publisher]]. He was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] in [[1927]] and graduated from the [[University of Rhode Island]] in 1949. Grant's interest in [[fantasy fiction|fantasy]] and [[science fiction]] started when he began reading the stories of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] at age 10<ref name=eshbach>{{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=166-168 | date=1983|oclc=10489084}}</ref>. He married in 1956 and has two children<ref name=eshbach />. Grant was involved in the founding of several science fiction and fantasy [[small press]] publishers. He co-founded Grant-Hadley Enterprises in 1945<ref name=chalker_ghe>{{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.| date=1998 | pages=822}}</ref>, The Buffalo Book Co. in 1946<ref name=chalker_bbc>{{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.| date=1998 | pages=123-125}}</ref> and Centaur Books in 1970<ref name=chalker_centaur>{{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.| date=1998 | pages=152-154}}</ref>. He also founded Grandon, Publishers in 1949<ref name=chalker_grandon>{{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.| date=1998 | pages=316-317}}</ref> and [[Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.]] in 1964<ref name=chalker_dmg>{{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.| date=1998 | pages=318-341}}</ref>.

==Awards==
* 2003, [[World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web
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==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[[Advent (publisher)|Advent]] | pages=192 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1}}

{{Lifetime|1927||Grant, Donald M.}}
[[Category:American book publishers (people)]]

Revision as of 21:49, 6 April 2008

This article is about the person. For the publishing company, see Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Donald M. Grant
Born1927 (age 96–97)
Providence, Rhode Island
NationalityU.S.
OccupationPublisher
Known forfounding Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. and other small press publishers

Donald Metcalf Grant (born 1927) is an American publisher. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1927 and graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1949. Grant's interest in fantasy and science fiction started when he began reading the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs at age 10[1]. He married in 1956 and has two children[1]. Grant was involved in the founding of several science fiction and fantasy small press publishers. He co-founded Grant-Hadley Enterprises in 1945[2], The Buffalo Book Co. in 1946[3] and Centaur Books in 1970[4]. He also founded Grandon, Publishers in 1949[5] and Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1964[6].

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ a b Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur (1983). Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era. Philadelphia: Oswald Train. pp. 166–168. OCLC 10489084.
  2. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 822. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 123–125. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 152–154. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 316–317. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 318–341. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "2003 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 2008-04-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

References

  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 192. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

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