Donald Keith was a pseudonym for authors
Donald
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(1888–1972) and
Keith Monroe (1915–2003). They are best known for their series of stories in the
Time Machine series, which were originally published in ''
Boys' Life
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'' magazine between 1959 and 1989. Some of the stories were combined into two books, ''Mutiny in the Time Machine'' (1963) and ''Time Machine to the Rescue'' (1967).
A few stories later in the series were written by Keith Monroe alone. The works of Donald Keith were often Keith Monroe's earlier attempts, to which his father, Donald Monroe, helped him. As a result, both men amalgamated their forenames into the pen name "Donald Keith" in order to credit both.
[''Boys' Life'' September 1989, "Pedro the Mail Burro"]
Donald Keith also contributed stories to ''
Galaxy Science Fiction
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'' and ''
Blue Book
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''.
Time Machine stories in ''Boys' Life''
Key to "Byline"
: DK – stated author is Donald Keith, the duo
: KM – stated author is Keith Monroe, the son
Published books
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External links
List of Time Machine storiescompiled by William S. Higgins
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Keith Monroeat the
''Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''
American science fiction writers
American short story writers
Science fiction shared pseudonyms
American male short story writers
American male novelists
American children's writers
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