Ward Hawkins (29 December 1912 – 22 December 1990) was an American author, who wrote from the 1940s through the 1980s. His later works seem to have been science fiction, but earlier he wrote serial stories for the ''

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'' in the 1940s and 1950s. He often wrote with his brother John Hawkins, and the University of Oregon has a collection of their manuscripts. In the 1960s, the brothers were writing for television, notably as staff writers for ''

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'', and in the 1970s, John Hawkins was a producer and writer for ''

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'', while Ward was Story Editor and also contributed many teleplays for the program.

Filmography

Films

Television

Books

* Floods of Fear, 1956 ( Filmed in 1959) * A Girl, a Man, and a River by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, paperback 1957 *Violent City by John and Ward Hawkins, Red Badge Mystery, 1957 * Kings Will Be Tyrants, 1959, paperback 1960 * The Damnation of John Doyle Lee, 1982 * Sword of Fire, 1985 * Red Flame Burning, 1985 * Blaze of Wrath, 1986 * Torch of Fear, 1987

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* * 1912 births 1990 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers {{US-story-writer-stub