Frank Riley (author)
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Frank Riley was the pseudonym of Frank Rhylick, an American science fiction
author best known for co-writing (with Mark Clifton
) the novel They'd Rather Be Right
, which won a Hugo Award for Best Novel
during 1955. He was a syndicated travel columnist and editor for the Los Angeles Times
, and editor of the Los Angeles Magazine. He also wrote advertisements for See's Candies, screenplays, short fiction such as the "Father Anton Dymek" mysteries and was a host of a radio program in the Los Angeles
area.
From Frank Riley's obituary in the Los Angles Times, April 30, 1996:
As travel editor of Los Angeles magazine and an award-winning contributor to several other publications, Riley traveled the world and frequently wrote with his wife of nearly 60 years, Elfriede. In 1976, the couple walked and biked the 800 miles of the 1776 De Anza expedition from Mexico to San Francisco and wrote the resulting book, "De Anza's Trail Today."
Born in Hibbing, Minn., Riley grew up in Wausau, Wis., and attended college in Ripon, Wis. He began his career as a reporter for the New York Daily News, eventually covering the White House.
He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and after the war moved his family to Manhattan Beach.
In addition to his wife, Riley is survived by a son, Peter; daughter, Anne; sister, Dorothy, and four grandsons.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author best known for co-writing (with Mark Clifton
Mark Clifton
Mark Clifton was an American science fiction writer. About half of his work falls into two series: the "Bossy" series, about a computer with artificial intelligence, was written either alone or in collaboration with Alex Apostolides or Frank Riley; and the "Ralph Kennedy" series, which is more...
) the novel They'd Rather Be Right
They'd Rather Be Right
They'd Rather Be Right is a science fiction novel by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It was first published as a four-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction during 1954....
, which won a Hugo Award for Best Novel
Hugo Award for Best Novel
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
during 1955. He was a syndicated travel columnist and editor for the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, and editor of the Los Angeles Magazine. He also wrote advertisements for See's Candies, screenplays, short fiction such as the "Father Anton Dymek" mysteries and was a host of a radio program in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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area.
From Frank Riley's obituary in the Los Angles Times, April 30, 1996:
As travel editor of Los Angeles magazine and an award-winning contributor to several other publications, Riley traveled the world and frequently wrote with his wife of nearly 60 years, Elfriede. In 1976, the couple walked and biked the 800 miles of the 1776 De Anza expedition from Mexico to San Francisco and wrote the resulting book, "De Anza's Trail Today."
Born in Hibbing, Minn., Riley grew up in Wausau, Wis., and attended college in Ripon, Wis. He began his career as a reporter for the New York Daily News, eventually covering the White House.
He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and after the war moved his family to Manhattan Beach.
In addition to his wife, Riley is survived by a son, Peter; daughter, Anne; sister, Dorothy, and four grandsons.