Bryce Walton (May 31, 1918 – February 5, 1988) was an American pulp fiction writer. Walton was born in

Blythedale, Missouri Blythedale is a village in northeast Harrison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 211 at the 2020 census. History Blythedale was laid out in 1880, and named in honor of a railroad employee. A post office called Blythedale has bee ...

, the son of Paul Dean Walton and Golda Powers. He held various jobs starting in 1938, and attended

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1939–41. During

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, he served as a navy correspondent. In 1945, he began a career as a freelance writer. He attended California State College from 1946 to 1947, then married photographer Ruth Arschinov on January 1, 1954. The couple had one daughter, Krissta Kay. He was credited as a writer for the TV serial ''

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''. A reference guide published in 2010 made the unsupported claim that Walton won a 1961

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Best Short Story award. However the existence of such award has subsequently been called into question. He wrote three episodes of ''

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'', and two of his stories were adopted for the series, including "The Greatest Monster of Them All".

Bibliography

* ''Sons of the Ocean Deeps'' (1952) * ''The Long Night'' (1952) * ''Captain Video and his Video Rangers'' (1953) * ''Cave of Danger'' (1967) * ''Harpoon Gunner'' (1968) * ''Hurricane Reef'' (1970) * ''Cave of Danger'' (1971) * ''The Fire Trail'' (1974)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Bryce 1918 births 1988 deaths Writers from Missouri People from Harrison County, Missouri American war correspondents of World War II United States Navy personnel of World War II California State University, Los Angeles alumni 20th-century American writers 20th-century American male writers