Leo P. Kelley

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Leo Patrick Kelley (born September 10, 1928 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania ; died November 17, 2002 in Long Beach , New York ) was an American writer. He wrote mostly science fiction and westerns .

Life

Kelley was the son of Leo A. and Regina Kelley, nee Caffrey. He studied at the New School for Social Research in New York , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1957 . He then worked from 1959, first as a copywriter and finally as a manager for the McGraw-Hill publishing house . Since 1969 he has been a freelance writer.

In 1957 the first story Dreamtown, USA appeared in SF magazine If . His satirical novel The Coins of Murph (1971) is about a post-apocalyptic society in which chance becomes religion by chance. As Die Priester des Murph he was also translated into German. Since the 1980s, Kelley wrote mostly westerns.

In 2002, Kelley died at the age of 74.

bibliography

Luke Sutton (Western Series)
  • Outlaw (1981)
  • Gunfighter (1982)
  • Indian Fighter (1982)
  • Avenger (1983)
  • Outrider (1984)
  • Bounty Hunter (1985)
  • Hired Gun (1987)
  • Mustanger (1988)
  • Lawman (1989)
Talespinners (Western series)
  • 1 Johnny Tall Dog (1981)
  • 2 Last Cowboy (1989)
Cimarron (western novel series)
  • 1 The Hanging Judge (1983)
  • 2 Rides the Outlaw Trail (1983)
  • 3 Border Bandits (1983)
  • 4 The Cherokee Strip (1983)
  • 5 Elk Soldiers (1983)
  • 6 The Bounty Hunters (1983)
  • 7 High Ride (1984)
  • 8 No Man's Land (1984)
  • 9 The Vigilantes (1984)
  • 10 The Medicine Wolves (1984)
  • 11 Hell's Highway (1984)
  • 12 War (1984)
  • 13 The Bootleggers (1985)
  • 14 The High Plains (1985)
  • 15 The Prophet's People (1985)
  • 15 Cimarron Property (1985)
  • 16 The Scalp Hunters (1985)
  • 17 The Comancheros (1985)
  • 17 Cimarron Coma (1985)
  • 18 The Gunhawk's Gold (1985)
  • 19 On a Texas Manhunt (1986)
  • 20 The Red Earth People (1986)
  • 21 The Manhunters (1986)
  • 22 Hired Guns (1986)
  • Cimarron on the High Plains (1985)
Novels
  • The Counterfeits (1967)
  • Odyssey to Earthdeath (1968)
  • The Accidental Earth (1970)
  • Time Rogue (1970)
  • The Coins of Murph (1971)
    • English: The Priests of Murph. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Paperback # 22, 1973, ISBN 3-404-00038-2 .
  • Brother John (1971)
  • Time: 110100 (1972, also as The Man from Maybe )
  • Deadlocked! (1973)
  • Mindmix (1973)
  • The Earth Tripper (1973)
  • Mythmaster (1974)
  • The Time Trap (1978)
  • The Money Game (1979)
  • Night of Fire and Blood (1979)
  • Star Gold (1979)
  • Alien Gold (1983)
  • Morgan (1986)
  • A Man Named Dundee (1988)
  • Thunder God's Gold (1991)
  • Bannock's Brand (1991)
Galaxy 5 (short story series)
  • 1 Good-Bye to Earth (1979)
  • 2 On the Red World (1979)
  • 3 Vacation in Space (1979)
  • 4 Dead Moon (1979)
  • 5 Where No Sun Shines (1979)
  • Galaxy 5: Teacher's Guide (1979)
Space Police (short story series)
  • 1 Prison Satellite (1979)
  • 2 Worlds Apart (1979)
  • 3 Earth Two (1979)
  • 4 Backward in Time (1979)
  • 5 Sunworld (1979)
  • 6 Death Sentence (1979)
  • Space Police: Teacher's Guide (1979)
Short stories
  • Dreamtown, USA (1955)
  • The Human Element (1957)
  • Any questions? (1962)
  • To The Victor (1964)
  • The Handyman (1965)
  • O'Grady's Girl (1965)
    • German: Mr. Tod on a visit. In: The Moles of Manhattan. Heyne SF&F # 3073, 1966.
  • Coins (1968)
  • Like Father (1969)
  • Harvest (1970)
  • The Propheteer (1970)
  • The Travelin 'Man (1970)
  • The Dark Door (1971)
  • Sam (1971)
  • Cold, the Fire of the Phoenix (1971)
  • The True Believers (1971)
  • Teaching Prime (1972)
  • Song (1973)
  • Generation Gap (1974)
  • The Time Trap (1977)
  • Night of Fire and Blood (1979)
  • Star Gold (1979, also as Alien Gold , 1983)
as editor
  • Themes in Science Fiction: A Journey into Wonder (1972)
  • Fantasy, the Literature of the Marvelous (1973)
  • The Supernatural in Fiction (1973)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Kelley, Leo P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelley, Leo Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 2002
Place of death Long Beach (New York) , New York