William F. Nolan

William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who was active in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres.

Career Nolan became involved in science fiction fandom in the 1950s, and published several fanzines, including Ray Bradbury Review. but wrote hundreds of pieces, from poetry to nonfiction, to prose, for many publications, such as Sports Illustrated, Rogue, Playboy, Dark Discoveries, Nameless Digest, and others. In 2013 he was a recipient, along with Brian W. Aldiss, of the World Fantasy Convention Award in Brighton, England by the World Fantasy Convention. In May 2014, Nolan was presented with another Bram Stoker Award, for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction; this was for his collection about his late friend Ray Bradbury, called Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction. In 2015, Nolan was named a World Horror Society Grand Master; the award was presented at the World Horror Convention in Atlanta in May of that year.

Personal life Nolan was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernadette Mariana Kelly, a stenographer, and Michael Cahill Nolan, an adventurer, and sportsman. His family was Irish Catholic.

Though estranged for more than ten years, he had been married since 1970. He resided in Vancouver, Washington. With regard to his work, he said: "I get excited about something, and I want to write about it."

Nolan died from complications of an infection in July 2021 at the age of 93.

Appearances: films, TV and documentaries The Intruder (1962) as villain "Bart Carey" Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man (JaSunni Productions, LLC; 2010) as himself The AckerMonster Chronicles! (JaSunni Productions, LLC; 2012) as himself

Bibliography (partial) Novels Logan Logan's Run (1967) – Novel (with George Clayton Johnson) Logan's World (1977) – Second novel in the original "Logan Trilogy" Logan's Search (1980) – Third novel in the "Logan Trilogy" Logan's Return (2001) – Novella, released as an e-book

The Black Mask The Black Mask Murders (1994) – Novel The Marble Orchard (1996) – Novel Sharks Never Sleep (1998) – Novel

Sam Space Space for Hire (1971) – Novel Look Out for Space (1985) – Novel 3 For Space (1992) – Collection Far Out (2004) – Collection Seven for Space (2008) – Collection

Challis Death Is For Losers (1968) – Novel The White Cad Cross-Up (1969) – Novel Helle on Wheels (1992) – Novella The Brothers Challis (1996) – Collection

Kincaid Pirate's Moon (1987) – Novella Broxa (1991) - Novella The Winchester Horror (1998) – Novella Demon! [Reprint of Broxa] (2005) – Novella Kincaid: A Paranormal Casebook (2011) – Collection

Biographies On Max Brand Max Brand's Best Western Stories (1981) – Brand Collection Max Brand's Best Western Stories II (1985) – Brand Collection Max Brand: Western Giant (1986) – Anthology/Bibliography Max Brand's Best Western Stories III (1987) – Brand Collection Tales of the Wild West (1997) – Brand Collection More Tales of the Wild West (1999) – Brand Collection Masquerade (2005) – Brand Collection King of the Pulps (forthcoming) – Biography

On Dashiell Hammett Dashiell Hammett: A Casebook (1969) – Critical study Hammett: A Life at the Edge (1983) – Biography Dash (2004) – Stage Play A Man Called Dash: The Life and Times of Samuel Dashiell Hammett (Alfred A. Knopf) – Definitive biography. (unpublished )

On Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury Review (1952) – Anthology The Ray Bradbury Index (1953) – Pamphlet The Ray Bradbury Companion (1975) – Biography/bibliography The Dandelion Chronicles (1984) – Pamphlet The Bradbury Chronicles (1991) – Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg) Nolan On Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction (2013; Hippocampus Press) – Collected nonfiction book (Edited by S. T. Joshi)

Other biographies and nonfiction Adventure on Wheels (1959) – John Fitch autobiography Barney Oldfield (1961) – Biography Phil Hill: Yankee Champion (1962) – Biography John Huston: King Rebel (1965) - Biography Sinners and Supermen (1965) – Nonfiction collection Steve McQueen: Star on Wheels (1972) – Biography Hemingway: Last Days of the Lion (1974) – Biographical chapbook McQueen (1984) - Biography The Black Mask Boys (1985) – Biography/Anthology How to Write Horror Fiction (1990) – Reference Let's Get Creative: Writing Fiction That Sells! (2006) - Reference

Bibliographies The Work of Charles Beaumont (1986) The Work of William F. Nolan (1988)

Anthologies and collections (as editor) The Fiend in You (1962) – Anthology (with Charles Beaumont; Nolan is uncredited) The Pseudo-People (1965) Man Against Tomorrow (1965) Il Meglio Della Fantascienza (1967) 3 To the Highest Power (1968) A Wilderness of Stars (1969) A Sea of Space (1970) The Edge of Forever (1971) – Collection of Chad Oliver stories The Future is Now (1971) The Human Equation: Four Science Fiction Novels of Tomorrow (1971) Science Fiction Origins (1980) - Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg) Urban Horrors (1990) – Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg) California Sorcery, Edited by Nolan and William Schafer (1998) Offbeat (2002) – Collection of Richard Matheson stories The Bleeding Edge (2009) – Anthology (with Jason V Brock) The Devil's Coattails (2012) – Anthology (with Jason V Brock)

Verse The Mounties (1979) – Broadside Dark Encounters (1986) – Collection Have You Seen the Wind? (2003) – Collection, with prose Ill Met by Moonlight (2004) – Collection, with prose and artwork Soul Trips (2015) – Collection

Auto racing-specific works Omnibus of Speed (1958) – Anthology (with Charles Beaumont) Men of Thunder (1964) – Collection When Engines Roar (1964) – Anthology (with Charles Beaumont) Carnival of Speed (1973) – Collection

Horror works Things Beyond Midnight (1984) – Collection Blood Sky (1991) – Chapbook Helltracks (1991) – Novel Night Shapes (1995) – Collection William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2001) – Career retrospective Nightworlds (2004) – Collection

Miscellaneous works A Cross Section of Art in Science-Fantasy (1952) – Chapbook Image Power (1988) – Pamphlet Rio Renegades (1989) – Western novel Simply An Ending (2002) – Pamphlet With Marlowe in L.A. (2003) – Pamphlet

Other Nolan collections Impact-20 (1963) – Short stories Alien Horizons (1974) Wonderworlds (1977) Down the Long Night (2000) Ships in the Night: And Other Stories (2003) – Collection of sci-fi, Western, etc. Wild Galaxy: Selected Science Fiction Stories (2005) Like a Dead Man Walking and Other Shadow Tales (edited by Jason V Brock; a mix of science fiction, horror, poetry, and literary stories; Centipede Press, 2014)

Screenplays Burnt Offerings (1976) Who Goes There? (a.k.a. The Thing) Screen treatment (1978), written for Universal Studios (not produced), published by Rocket Ride Books in "Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis of THE THING" (2009)

Television scripts ”Brain Wave” (1959) – One Step Beyond ”Mental Lapse” (1959) – Wanted: Dead or Alive ”Black Belt” (1960) – Wanted: Dead or Alive ”The Joy of Living” (1971) – Norman Corwin Presents The Norliss Tapes (1973) – NBC Movie of the Week The Turn of the Screw (1974) – ABC Movie of the Week Trilogy of Terror (Millicent and Therese; Julie) (1975) – ABC Movie of the Week Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1975) Sky Heist (1975) – NBC Movie of the Week The Kansas City Massacre (1975) – ABC Movie of the Week Logan's Run (1977) – Pilot for CBS series ”First Loss” (1981) – 240-Robert ”The Partnership” (1981) – Darkroom Bridge Across Time, a.k.a. Terror at London Bridge (1985) – NBC Movie of the Week Trilogy of Terror II (The Graveyard Rats; He Who Kills) (1996) – USA Movie of the Week