J. Hunter Holly

Joan Carol Holly
Born1932 (1932)
Died1982 (aged 49–50)
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationBA
Alma materMichigan State University
OccupationAuthor
Writing career
Pen nameJ. Hunter Holly
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction

Joan Carol Holly (1932–1982) was a science fiction author who wrote under the pseudonym J. Hunter Holly in the late 1950s until the mid-1970s.

Life

Holly lived and wrote in Lansing, Michigan and from her various book dedications, had a strong love of cats. Holly graduated from Michigan State University during 1954 with a B.A. in psychology. Her affiliations at the University were Phi Kappa, Tau Sigma & Psi Chi. She was the recipient of the Hinman superior student scholarship.[1]

Career

Holly wrote science fiction novels and short stories, and adventure novels. Joan Holly also contributed stories for Roger Elwood's series of books and sci-fi magazines, under both her real name and her pseudonym. Some of these, The Chronicles of a Comer in particular, have a religious theme. She contributed to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series of original novels, writing #10 The Assassination Affair.[2]

Bibliography

Keeper series

  • Keeper (Laser Books, 1976)
  • Shepherd (Laser Books, 1977)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • 10. The Assassination Affair (Ace Books, 1967)

Other novels

  • Encounter (Avalon Books, 1959)
  • The Green Planet (Avalon Books, 1961)[3]
  • The Flying Eyes (Monarch Books, 1962)[4]
  • The Dark Planet (Avalon Books, 1962)
  • The Gray Aliens (Avalon Books, 1963, published in the UK as The Grey Aliens)
  • The Running Man (Monarch Books, 1963)
  • The Time Twisters (Avon Books, 1964)
  • The Dark Enemy (Avalon Books, 1965)
  • The Mind Traders (Avalon Books, 1967)
  • Death Dolls of Lyra (Manor Books, 1977)

Short fiction

  • "Silence" (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, June 1965)
  • "The Question" (Famous Science Fiction, Winter 1966/1967)
  • "The Gift of Nothing" (And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire and Other Science Fiction Stories, Dec. 1972)
  • "The Others" (The Other Side of Tomorrow, 1973)
  • "Child" (Demon Kind, Mar. 1973)
  • "The Graduated Robot" (The Graduated Robot and Other Stories, 1974)
  • "The Proper Study" (Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories, 1974)
  • "Come See the Last Man Cry" (Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction, 1975)
  • "Psi Clone" (Futurelove: A Science Fiction Triad, May 1977)

Sources

  1. ↑ The author's profile notes, in her 1961 paperback book Encounter
  2. ↑ Library of Congress Copyright Office (1967). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1967: January–June. Vol. 21. p. 478.
  3. ↑ Library of Congress (1964). The National Union Catalogs, 1963-: A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries. Vol. 41. p. 330.
  4. ↑ David Seed (July 1, 2007). "Constructing America's enemies: the invasions of the USA". Yearbook of English Studies. 37 (2): 64(22). ISSN 0306-2473.
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