AKA Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.

Born: 24-Dec-1910
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 5-Sep-1992
Location of death: San Francisco, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ship of Shadows

Father: Fritz Leiber (actor, b. 31-Jan-1882, d. 14-Oct-1949)
Mother: Virginia Bronson
Wife: Jonquil Stephens (m. 1936, d. 1969, one son)
Son: Justin Leiber (b. 1938)
Wife: Margo Skinner (m. 1992, until his death)

    University: University of Chicago

    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Hugo 1958 for The Big Time
    Hugo 1964 for The Wanderer
    Hugo for Ship of Shadows
    Nebula (three times)
    World Fantasy Award 1976 Lifetime Achievement
    World Fantasy Award 1978 for Our Lady of Darkness (novel)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Equinox (Oct-1970) · Dr. Waterman
    The Web (25-May-1947)

Author of books:
Gather, Darkness! (1950, novel)
Conjure Wife (1953, novel)
Green Millennium (1953, novel)
The Big Time (1957, novel)
The Silver Eggheads (1961, novel)
The Wanderer (1964, novel)
A Specter is Haunting Texas (1969, novel)
Ship of Shadows (1979, novel)
The Three of Swords (1989, short stories)
Swords' Masters (1990, short stories)

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