| Born: November 27, 1907 in New York
City, New York |
| First Publication: |
Isolinguals, Astounding, September
1937 |
| First Novel: |
Lest Darkness Fall, Street & Smith,
1939 |
| Nebula Award: |
Grand Master, 1979 |
| Gandalf Award: | Lifetime Achievement in Fantasy, 1976 |
| L. Sprague de Camp has also won the International Fantasy Award for Lands Beyond in 1953; the Cleveland SF Association Award for Tales from Gavagan's Bar in 1953; the fiction award, Anthenaeum of Philadelphia
for An Elephant for Aristotle in 1958; the Eighth Drexel Citation for Distinguished Contibution to Literature for Young People in 1978; the First Annual Second Fandom Award in 1980; the World Fantasy Convention Award for lifetime achievement in 19
84; and the Robert Bloch Award (with his wife Catherine Crook de Camp) in 1995. |
| He is also well known for his many non-fiction works in history, science and biography. Over the years, has co-authored with his wife, Catherine Crook de Camp. |
| "I've been lucky." |
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