Leslie Perri

Leslie Perri (April 27, 1920 – January 31, 1970) was the pen name of Doris Marie Claire "Doë" Baumgardt, an American science fiction fan, writer, and illustrator. She was a member of the Futurians, Baumgardt was married to two fellow science fiction writers and Futurians, first to Frederik Pohl (1940–42), later to Richard Wilson (1951–65). Baumgardt was one of five members of the Futurians allowed into the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 by Sam Moskowitz (the other four were Isaac Asimov, Richard Wilson, David Kyle, and Jack Robinson).

In addition to her short fiction, she contributed both artwork and written pieces to a variety of fanzines such as Future Art, Futurian News, Le Vombiteur Literaire, Mind of Man, Mutant, and Fantasy Fictioneer. Through her Futurian connections, she also edited minor romance fiction magazines such as Movie Love Stories. While she was married to Wilson she became a reporter and journalist. Wilson was, at the time, the bureau chief for the Reuters wire service in New York City. He left Reuters and went on to Syracuse University, where he founded a science fiction works collection said to be one of the most important in the world.

Short fiction "Space Episode," Future Combined with Science Fiction (December 1941) "In the Forest," If, James L. Quinn (editor) (September 1953) "Under the Skin," Infinity Science Fiction, Larry Shaw (editor) (June 1956)

Reprinting "Space Episode" has been reprinted in: Frank, Janrae; Stine, Jean Marie; Ackerman, Forrest J. (1994). New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow. Samford, Connecticut: Longmeadow Press. Yaszek, Lisa; Sharp, Patrick B.; Goonan, Kathleen Ann, eds. (2016). Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Yaszek, Lisa, ed. (2018). The Future is Female! A celebration of the women who made science fiction their own, from pulp pioneers to Ursula K. LeGuin. New York: Library of America.

"In the Forest" has been reprinted in: Arment, Chad, ed. (2016). Other Life: An Anthology of Non-Terrestrial Biology. Coachwhip Publications.