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Author Description Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He was a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.<br /><br />While attending Texas A&M University Wolfe published his first speculative fiction in The Commentator, a student literary journal. Wolfe dropped out during his junior year, and was drafted to fight in the Korean War. After returning to the United States he earned a degree from the University of Houston and became an industrial engineer. He edited the journal Plant Engineering for many years before retiring to write full-time, but his most famous professional engineering achievement was a contribution to the machine used to make Pringles potato crisps. He lived in Barrington, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.<br /><br />A frequent <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/9-hugo-award" rel="nofollow noopener">Hugo</a> nominee without a win, Wolfe nevertheless picked up several <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/23-nebula-award" rel="nofollow noopener">Nebula</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/46-locus-award" rel="nofollow noopener">Locus</a> Awards, among others, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2012 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. He was also a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/genewolfe">http://us.macmillan.com/author/genewolfe</a>

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