Cele Goldsmith Lalli

Cele Goldsmith/Lalli (1933 – 2002) was an editor who began working on science fiction and fantasy magazines under Paul W. Fairman. When Fairman left Ziff-Davis in 1958, Goldsmith took over as editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic. Goldsmith was open to new authors and experimentation in writing. Among her discoveries were Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Keith Laumer, Sonya Dorman (as a fiction writer), and Roger Zelazny; she was also instrumental in bringing Fritz Leiber out of an early writer's-block-induced retirement (a 1959 issue was devoted entirely to his fiction); she also was among the first US editors to publish J. G. Ballard. She married in 1964 and took Lalli as her last name. By this time, she'd received a special award from the World Science Fiction Convention for her work on the magazines. Le Guin and subsequent Fantastic and Amazing editors Barry N. Malzberg and Ted White have taken care to note the significance of her achievement.

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1933 - 2002 - Science fiction - Fantasy - Paul W. Fairman - Ziff-Davis - 1958 - Amazing Stories - Fantastic - Thomas M. Disch - Ursula K. Le Guin - Keith Laumer - Sonya Dorman - Roger Zelazny - Fritz Leiber - J. G. Ballard - 1964 - Barry N. Malzberg - Ted White

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In 1965, Ziff-Davis sold the two fiction magazines to publisher Sol Cohen, who founded Ultimate Publications to publish them. Lalli continued at Ziff-Davis, and became a widely-respected editor in the field of bridal magazines.

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1965 - Sol Cohen

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Not long after her retirement, she was killed in a car accident on January 14, 2002.

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Car accident - January 14 - 2002

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