Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner (April 7 1915 - February 4 1958) was a science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California. As a young man he worked for a literary agency before selling his first story, "The Graveyard Rats", to Weird Tales in 1936.

Kuttner and Moore

He was known for his literary prose and worked in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. They met through their association with the Lovecraft Circle, a group of writers and fans who corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft. Their work together spanned the 1940's and 1950's and most of the work was credited to pseudonyms, mainly Lewis Padgett and Laurence O'Donnell. Both freely admitted that one reason they worked so much together was because his page rate was higher than hers. In fact, several people have written or said that she wrote three stories which were published under his name. "Clash by Night" and The Portal in the Picture a.k.a Beyond Earth's Gates have both been alleged to have been written by her, and the article on Moore in the Wikipedia lists The Mask of Circe as by her, when most editions have had his name as the author. The reader should be cautious about accepting these definitively as the referred-to three.

Related Topics:
C. L. Moore - H. P. Lovecraft - Lewis Padgett - Laurence O'Donnell

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