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Edward Wellen (born Edward Paul Levy;Peacock, Scot, editor (2002).
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October 2, 1919 – January 15, 2011"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG13-N22 : 12 January 2021), Edward P Wellen, 15 Jan 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).) was an American
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and
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writer.


Early life and career

Born to a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York City, Wellen was the son of Russian-born tailor, Hyman Levy, and a Russian American mother, Lillian Wilensky. The name Wellen was an anglicized version of his mother's maiden surname, to which she and her children reverted after she and Levy divorced, not long after Edward's birth."Lillian Wellen"
''The Standard-Star''. December 27, 1984. p. 5.
As Edward Wellen, he attended the Huguenot School, Isaac A. Young Junior High School and
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, graduating
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in 1937. After working a number of years for the Pelham Coal and Oil Company in
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, Wellen served in the
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and European theatres with the
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in
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, earning the
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and seven
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. In 1945, while still in Europe, he attended
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. Later he attended
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, graduating in 1955. In 1960, Wellen wrote a script for the
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series ''
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'' entitled "Swamp Fire", which aired on April 11, directed by
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. In 1964, first prize in Birmingham (Alabama) Festival of Arts television script competition went to Wellen's ''The Hubert Otis'', described by ''
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'' as "a satire about a nobody with a yen to become a somebody by retaining a pubrelations firm." As of 1993, it was estimated that, in addition to two novels, Wellen had published 250 mysteries in ''
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'', ''
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'', and assorted anthologies.Marchant, Robert (July 5, 1993)
"With 'An Hour to Kill,' writer explores his imagination"
''Mount Vernon Argus''. p. 10.
That same year, Wellen's novella ''Mind Slash Matter'', about a screenwriter prematurely afflicted with
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facing the added challenge of solving the murder for which he has just been framed, debuted in the Ed Gorman
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anthology, ''Predators''. In his 1995 collection, ''Tales of the Batman'', Greenberg informed readers that Wellen's novella had been optioned by
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as a vehicle for
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. Although that project never came to fruition, an audiobook featuring actor
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was released that year, to generally favorable reviews.


Personal life and death

Predeceased by his sister, Barbara Helen Schreiber, Wellen never married. He died on January 15, 2011.


Works


Novels

* ''Hijack'' (1970, 1971) * ''An Hour to Kill'' (1993) * ''Mind Slash Matter'' (novella, 1993); in Martin Harry Greenberg,
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, eds. (1993). ''Predators''


Collections

* ''Perps: a short story collection'' (2001) * ''The 21st Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack'' (2015) * ''The 28th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack: Edward Wellen, Volume 2'' (2015)


Science-Fiction

*''Origins of Galactic ...'' ** ''Origins of Galactic Slang'' (1952) ** ''Origins of Galactic Law'' (1953) ** ''Origins of Galactic Etiquette'' (1953) ** ''Origins of Galactic Medicine'' (1953) ** ''Origins of Galactic Advice to the Lovelorn'' (1955) ** ''Origins of the Galactic Short-Snorter'' (1960) ** ''Origins of Galactic Fruit Salad'' (1962) ** ''Origins of Galactic Philosophy'' (1962) * ''The Big Cheese'' (1953) * ''Root of Evil'' (1953) * ''The Voices'' (1954) * ''The World in the Jukebox'' (1956) * ''The Superstition-Seeders'' (1956) * ''Tie-Up'' (1957) * ''The Engrammar Age'' (1957) * ''Utter Silence'' (1957) * ''Army Without Banners'' (1957) * ''Sweet Dreams'' (1957) * ''Dr. Vickers’ Car'' (1957) * ''One Per Cent Inspiration'' (1957) * ''Note for a Time Capsule'' (1958) * ''Old Hat'' (1958) * ''Hear a Pin Drop'' (1959) * ''I O U'' (1961) * ''Flashback'' (1962) * ''Deadly Game'' (1962) * ''Apocryphal Fragment'' (1962) * ''Seven Day’s Wonder'' (1963) * ''The Message'' (1963) * ''Deadly Game'' (1963) **
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, ed. (1963): ''8th Annual of the Year's Best SF''. New York: Simon and Schuster. * ''The Book of Elijah'' (1964) * ''Buffoon'' (1964) * ''With Ah! Bright Wings'' (1969) * ''Shapes to Come'' (1969) * ''These Our Actors'' (1970) * ''Down by the Old Maelstrom'' (1972) * ''No Other Gods'' (1972) **
Martin Harry Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...
,
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,
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, eds.;
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, illus. (Hrsg.): ''Catastrophes!'' New York: Fawcett Crest. . * ''The Prisoner'' (1973) ** Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, eds. (1981): ''Miniature Mysteries : 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories'' New York: Taplinger. . * ''Call Me Proteus'' (1973) * ''Chalk Talk'' (1973) ** Isaac Asimov,
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, Martin Harry Greenberg, eds. (1974): ''100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories'' Garden City, New York: Doubleday. . * ''The Latest from Sigma Corvi'' (1973) * ''Androids Don’t Cry'' (1973) **
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(1974): ''Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year : Third Annual Collection''. New York: Dutton. . * ''Barbarossa'' (1973) * ''Film Buff'' (1973) * ''Godsend'' (1973) * ''The Cryonauts'' (1973) * ''If Eve Had Failed to Conceive'' (1974) ** Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, eds. (1980): ''Microcosmic Tales : 100 Wondrous Science Fiction Short-Short Stories'' New York: Taplinger Publishing Company. . * ''Too Long at the Fair'' (1974) * ''Why Booth Didn’t Kill Lincoln'' (1974) * ''Mouthpiece'' (1974). Reprinted:"Search results for 'Mouthpiece' and 'Edward Wellen'"
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** Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, eds. (1979) ''The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. ** Charles G. Waugh, Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, eds. (1992) ''The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction : Short Novels of the 1970s''. New York. Carroll & Graf Publishers. . ** Isaac Asimov, ed. (1993). ''Sci-Fi Private Eye''. West Chester, PA: Dercum Press Active Books. , Audiocassette, read by Bill Fantini and Nelson Runger * ''Tar Baby'' (1974) * ''Thataway'' (1974) * ''The Second Fall, or Anthony Comstock’s Final Victory'' (1974) * ''Sanity Clause'' (1975) ** Edward L. Ferman, David November, eds. (1976, 1977). ''The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction. 22nd Series''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. . **
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(1992). ''Christmas Stars''. New York: T. Doherty Associates. . * ''Deadpan'' (1975) * ''Ransom'' (1977) * ''Further Deponent Sayeth Not'' (1977) * ''Bearings'' (1978) * ''Errata Slip'' (1978) * ''Errata Slip Number Two'' (1978) * ''Goldbrick'' (1978) * ''While-You-Wait'' (1979) * ''Finger of Fate'' (1980) * ''Checkmate'' (1980) * ''Heroic Measures'' (1981) * ''Hotline'' (1981) * ''Spur the Nightmare'' (1983) * ''Pattern'' (1984) * ''Voiceover'' (1984) ** Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, eds. (1984). ''Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space''. New York: Bluejay Books, . * ''Waswolf'' (1987) * ''Dead Ringer'' (1987) * ''From Parts Unknown'' (1988) * ''Murder in the Urth Degree'' (1989) * ''The Opera of the Phantom'' (1989) * ''Wise Men of Gotham'' (1989) * ''Overkill'' (1990) * ''Balloons'' (1990) * ''Cool Cat'' (1990) ** Ronald M. Hahn, ed. (1992): ''Hüter der Zeit: Eine Auswahl der Besten Erzählungen aus The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''. München: W. Heyne. . * ''Happy Hunting Ground'' (1993) * ''Mind Slash Matter'' (1993), in Martin Harry Greenberg,
Edward Gorman Edward Joseph Gorman Jr. (November 2, 1941 – October 14, 2016) was an American writer and short fiction anthologist. He published in almost every genre, but is best known for his work in the crime, mystery, western, and horror fields. His no ...
, eds. (1993). ''Predators''. * ''Sandy Claws'' (1993) * ''The Driven Snow'' (1993) * ''Deja Vu All Over Again'' (1993) * ''The Smart Sword'' (1993)


Crime

* ''Dope to Kill'' (1958) * ''I Hated Her Guts'' (1958) * ''Check Out'' (1959) * ''Cicero'' (1959) * ''The Double Take'' (1959) * ''The Taste of Revenge'' (1959) * ''Which One’s the Guilty One?'' (1959) * ''Inside Story'' (1962) * ''Like Son'' (1964) * ''Mercy'' (1964) * ''Siege Perilous'' (1964) * ''Whitemail'' (1964) * ''Hangover'' (1966) * ''Frozen Assets'' (1969) * ''Brush with Death'' (1970) * ''Dark Motive'' (1970) * ''Recoil'' (1971, als Larry Killian) * ''Dead Broke'' (1970) * ''Inflationary Spiral'' (1970) * ''Possession'' (1970) * ''Promises to Keep'' (1970) * ''Rub the Wrong Way'' (1970, as Paul Felder) * ''The Big Difference'' (1970, as Lew Gellert) * ''The Woman in Black'' (1970) * ''Broken Trail'' (1971) * ''Murder Will Out'' (1971) * ''Shock Treatment'' (1971) * ''The Look of Gratitude'' (1971) * ''The Assassin'' (1972) * ''Adam’s Lib'' (1973) * ''A Huddle of Armchairs'' (1973) * ''A Type of Crime'' (1973) * ''Ballade of the Jailbird'' (1973) * ''Before the Deluge'' (1973) * ''Headwork'' (1973) * ''I Kid You Not'' (1973) * ''IV, 8'' (1973) * ''Lend Me Your Ears'' (1973) * ''O, for a Sign'' (1973) * ''Salami Where He Hid'' (1973) * ''Sentence of Death'' (1973) * ''Squeeze Play'' (1973) * ''The Hunter and the Hunted'' (1973) * ''The Last Fable'' (1973) * ''The Origin of Crime'' (1973) * ''The Prisoner'' (1973) * ''$1.81'' (1974) * ''Every One Has a Secret'' (1974) * ''Final Acquittal'' (1974) * ''Hit or Miss'' (1974) * ''Long in the Tooth'' (1974) * ''One Good Turn'' (1974) * ''Play Death'' (1974) * ''Scents in the Dark'' (1974) * ''Sounds in the Dark'' (1974) * ''The Corrector of Destinies'' (1974) **
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(1976) ''Ellery Queen's Crime Wave : 24 Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine''. New York: Putnam. . * ''The Dog in the Night'' (1974) * ''A Wreath for Justice'' (1975) * ''Buck Fever'' (1975) * ''Fight Fire with Fire'' (1975, as Paul Felder) * ''Hang for a Sheep'' (1975) * ''High Stakes'' (1975) * ''I'' (1975) * ''Law of the Jungle'' (1975) * ''Mrs. Grady’s Swan Song'' (1975) * ''Something Phony'' (1975) * ''The Tipoff nnamed jailhouse lawyer' (1975) * ''To Charm a Cobra'' (1975) * ''Bannerman Collection'' (1976) * ''Between You, Me, and the Lamppost'' (1976) * ''Fair Exchange'' (1976) * ''Inside Evidence'' (1976) * ''It Ain’t Hay'' (1976) * ''Rubout'' (1976) * ''The Coinshooter'' (1976) * ''The Long Arm of El Jefe'' (1976) * ''The Perfect Rotter'' (1976) * ''Two Birds'' (1976) * ''Coma Vigil'' (1977) * ''Full Coverage'' (1977) * ''Lady Luck'' (1977) * ''Room 423'' (1977) * ''Silent Partner'' (1977) * ''The Last Mile'' (1977) * ''Devil’s Pass'' (1978) * ''Experiment'' (1978) * ''How Say You?'' (1978) * ''The Adventure of the Blind Alley'' (1978) ** Martin Greenberg, ed. (1979). ''Best Detective Stories of the Year, 1979 : 33rd Annual Collection''. New York: E. P. Dutton, . * ''In Ancient Jerusalem'' (1979) * ''In Old Vienna'' (1979) * ''Spotting Agent'' (1979) * ''The Plan of the Snake'' (1979) * ''Trouble Light'' (1979) * ''Death Dance'' (1980) * ''In Old Edinburgh'' (1980) * ''The Time and the Place'' (1980) * ''The Whisper of Gold'' (1980) * ''The Payoff'' (1981) * ''A Lesson for Bodkin'' (1982) * ''The Man from the Fifty-ninth'' (1983) * ''Born Victims'' (1984) * ''Nothing of the Kind'' (1985) * ''Slashaxe'' (1986) * ''Ten O’Clock'' (1987) * ''Red Is the Color of My Truelove’s Blood'' (1996) * ''Stork Trek (with Josh Pachter)'' (1985)


Western

* ''Enough Rope'' (1953) * ''Potlatch'' (1970) * ''Loaded Guns'' (1971)


References


Further reading


"Title Contest Announcement"
''Fantasy & Science Fiction''. October 1951.
"Another True or False Puzzle"
''Creative Computing''. November 1981. p. 271.
"Adaption—Year 2000"
in Robert Frazier, ed. (1984). ''Burning With a Vision : Poetry of Science and the Fantastic''. Philadelphia : Owlswick Press. p. 124. .
"Calling the Class of '37"
''The Standard-Star''. October 21, 1997. p. 4A.


External links


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