Brian Thomsen

Brian Thomsen

Brian Thomsen and SF/Fantasy Book Cover Model, Lisa Feerick Pollison at the 1994 ABA Book Expo in Downtown Los Angeles.
Born Brian Michael Thomsen
(1959-04-13)April 13, 1959
Died September 21, 2008(2008-09-21) (aged 49)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation Writer
Nationality American

Brian Michael Thomsen (April 13, 1959 – September 21, 2008) was an American science fiction editor, author and anthologist.

Career

Thomsen was raised in the New York City neighborhood of Rockaway Beach and attended Regis High School in Manhattan.[1]

He was a founding editor of Warner Books' Questar Science Fiction line,[2] in which position he was nominated for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor.[3] Thomsen served as managing fiction editor at TSR, Inc.; he also wrote over 30 short stories, and collaborated with Julius Schwartz on Schwartz's autobiography.[4] He also worked as the publisher for TSR's Periodicals Department at one point.[5] He was a consulting editor at Tor Books.[2]

He died on September 21, 2008, at his home in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 49.[2] He was survived by his wife, Donna.[2]

Bibliography

Novels

Anthologies

Nonfiction

Short stories

References

  1. Greenberg, Martin H.; Hughes, Kerrie, eds. (2009). Gamer Fantastic. NY, NY: Daw Books. p. 237. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 People: Longe to Media Masters at Publishers Weekly; published September 29, 2008; retrieved August 11, 2014
  3. 1988 Hugo Awards, at the World Science Fiction Society; retrieved August 11, 2014
  4. Obituary, September 22, 2008, at Locus
  5. Carroll, Bart (6/7/2011). "Wolfgang Baur". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.