Alice Glaser (December 3, 1928 — August 22, 1970) was an American writer and an editor at ''

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'' magazine.

Early life

Alice Glaser was raised on Long Island, the daughter of Hilda Glaser and Lewis Glaser."Deaths". ''New York Times'' (August 23, 1970): 71. She attended Woodmere High School, graduating in 1946. She completed her undergraduate studies at

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in 1950, with a senior thesis on

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."Alice Glaser"
''The Future is Female! A Celebration of the Women Who Made Science Fiction Their Own, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. LeGuin'' (Library of America).

Career

From 1958, Glaser worked at ''Esquire'' magazine, eventually as associate editor under

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. In that position, she was regularly in contact with prominent authors and potential authors, such as

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and

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by

. She also wrote articles for the magazine. One of her contributions in 1963, "Back on the Open Road for Boys", described the week she spent in India with

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.Carol Polsgrove
''It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun?: Surviving the '60s with Esquire's Harold Hayes''
(RDR Books 2001): 78, 259. . Other articles by Glaser included an interview with "the last of the Seneca chiefs" in 1964, and "Hair!" (1965), an exploration of teen girls' beauty culture. She also wrote book reviews for the ''

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''. In 1961, her

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story "The Tunnel Ahead" was published in ''

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''.Alice Glaser
"The Tunnel Ahead"
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (November 1961): 54–61. The story has been much anthologized and was adapted into the award-winning short film ''The Tunnel'' (''

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'', 2016) by

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Personal life

Glaser died in 1970 after a fall, possibly a suicide, at age 41, in New York.

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