Marvin Kaye
Encyclopedia
Marvin Nathan Kaye is an American mystery, fantasy
, science fiction
, and horror author and editor. He has also edited numerous horror anthologies, such as H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
and Sherlock Holmes
Mystery Magazine. An anthology he edited, The Fair Folk, won a World Fantasy Award
in 2006.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts at Penn State in 1960, as well as a Master of Arts in English literature and theater in 1962.
Kaye worked as a reporter for Grit Publishing Company from 1963-1965, an assistant managing editor for Business Travel Magazine in 1965, a senior editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1966-1970, a free lance writer in 1970, artistic director of The Open Book in New York City, 1974. He was a lecturer at the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1975, taught at NYU as an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing in 1976, and as an adjuct professor at Mercy College from 2001-2006. He also worked as an improvisational comic at The Jekyll and Hyde Club in 2005.
Kaye is a member of the Authors Guild, the Dramatists Guild of America
, the Actors' Equity Association
, The Broadway League
, and The Sons of the Desert
(of which he served as president from 1974-1976). He is also an honorary member of the Mark Twain Society.
He is currently retired and resides in New York.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
, science fiction
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...
, and horror author and editor. He has also edited numerous horror anthologies, such as H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror was a quarterly horror magazine edited by Marvin Kaye and published by Wildside Press. HPL's was originally announced as a quarterly, but has always appeared on an irregular basis....
and Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
Mystery Magazine. An anthology he edited, The Fair Folk, won a World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
in 2006.
Life
Kaye was born March 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, the son of Morris and Theresa (Baroski) Kaye. He married Saralee Bransdorf; they have one child.He received a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts at Penn State in 1960, as well as a Master of Arts in English literature and theater in 1962.
Kaye worked as a reporter for Grit Publishing Company from 1963-1965, an assistant managing editor for Business Travel Magazine in 1965, a senior editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1966-1970, a free lance writer in 1970, artistic director of The Open Book in New York City, 1974. He was a lecturer at the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1975, taught at NYU as an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing in 1976, and as an adjuct professor at Mercy College from 2001-2006. He also worked as an improvisational comic at The Jekyll and Hyde Club in 2005.
Kaye is a member of the Authors Guild, the Dramatists Guild of America
Dramatists Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market.Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Members are playwrights who have had at least one play...
, the Actors' Equity Association
Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association , commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing the world of live theatrical performance, as opposed to film and television performance. However, performers appearing on live stage productions without a book or...
, The Broadway League
The Broadway League
The Broadway League, formerly the League of American Theatres and Producers and League of New York Theatres and Producers, is the national trade association for the Broadway theatre industry...
, and The Sons of the Desert
The Sons of the Desert
The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The group takes its name from a lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 movie Sons of the Desert....
(of which he served as president from 1974-1976). He is also an honorary member of the Mark Twain Society.
He is currently retired and resides in New York.
Hillary Quayle
- A Lively Game Of Death (Saturday Review Press, 1972)
- The Grand Ole Opry Murders (Sat. Review Press/Dutton, 1974)
- Bullets For Macbeth (Sat. Review Press/Dutton, 1976)
- The Laurel & Hardy Murders (Dutton, 1977)
- The Soap Opera Slaughters (Doubleday, 1982)
Marty Gold
- My Son The Druggist (DoubledayDoubleday-History:It was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday, who had formed a partnership with magazine publisher Samuel McClure. One of their first bestsellers was The Day's Work by Rudyard Kipling. Other authors published by the company in its early years include W....
, 1977) - My Brother The Druggist (Doubleday, 1979)
The Masters of Solitude trilogy
- The Masters of SolitudeThe Masters of SolitudeThe Masters of Solitude, is a 1978 science fiction novel written by Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin, which is also the first novel in a trilogy of the same name. The other two novels in the series are Wintermind, 1982 and A Cold Blue Light, 1983....
, 1978 (with Parke Godwin) (Doubleday, 1978) - WintermindWintermindWintermind is the second novel of the Masters of Solitude trilogy, written by authors Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin. The novel depicts a conflict between rural followers of a diseased mutant form of Christianity....
, 1982 (with Parke Godwin) (Doubleday, 1982) - A Cold Blue Light, 1983 (with Parke Godwin) (Berkley BooksBerkley BooksBerkley Books is an imprint of Penguin Group that began as an independent company in 1955. It was established by Charles Byrne and Frederic Klein, who were working for Avon and formed "Chic News Company". They renamed it Berkley Publishing Co. in 1955. They soon found a niche in science fiction...
, 1983)
Adrian Philimore
- The Incredible Umbrella (Doubleday, 1979)
- The Amorous Umbrella (Doubleday, 1981)
Other novels
- Ghosts Of Night And Morning (Berkley Books, 1987)
- Fantastique (St. Martin's PressSt. Martin's PressSt. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
, 1992) - The Last Christmas Of Ebenezer Scrooge (Wildside PressWildside PressWildside Press is an independent publishing company located in Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1989 by John Gregory and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limited editions, it has broadened out somewhat since then, both...
, 2003)
Edited Anthologies
- Fiends and Creatures (Popular LibraryPopular LibraryPopular Library was a New York paperback book company established in 1942 by Leo Margulies and Ned Pines, who at the time was a major pulp magazine, newspapers and magazine publishers...
, 1974) - Brother Theodore's Chamber of Horrors (Pinnacle, 1974)
- Ghosts - A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New (Doubleday, 1981)
- Masterpieces of Terror & the Supernatural (Doubleday, 1985)
- Devils and Demons - A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old and New (Doubleday, 1987)
- Weird Tales, The Magazine That Never Dies (Doubleday, 1988)
- Witches and Warlocks - Tales of Black Magic, Old and New (Doubleday, 1989)
- 13 Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural, with a preface by José FerrerJosé FerrerJosé Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón , best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director...
(Doubleday Book/Music Clubs, 1990) - Haunted America (Doubleday Book/Music Clubs, 1991)
- Lovers and Other Monsters (Doubleday Book/Music Clubs, 1991)<
- Sweet Revenge, 10 Plays of Bloody Murder, with a preface by Marilyn StasioMarilyn StasioMarilyn Stasio is a New York City area author, writer and literary critic. She has been the "Crime Columnist" for The New York Times Book Review since about 1988, having written over 650 reviews as of January 2009. She says she reads "a few" crime books a year professionally and many more for...
(The Fireside Theatre, 1992) - Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (Doubleday, 1993)
- Angles of Darkness (Doubleday Book/Music Clubs, 1994)
- Readers Theatre: How to Stage It (Fireside Theatre, 1995)
- The Resurrected Holmes (St. Martin's Press, 1996)
- Page to Stage: Adapting Literature for Readers Theatre (The Fireside Theatre, 1996)
- The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
- Don't Open This Book! (Doubleday Direct Inc., 2000)
- The Vampire Sextette (Doubleday Direct Inc., 2000)
- Incisions, anthology of winning readers theatre plays (2000)
- The Ultimate Halloween (Doubleday Direct Inc., 2003)
- The Dragon Quintet (Doubleday Direct Inc., 2003)
- The Nero Wolfe Files (Wildside Press, PA, 2004)
- The Fair Folk (Science Fiction Book Club, 2005)
- The Archie Goodwin Files (Wildside Press, 2005)
- Forbidden Planets (Science Fiction Book Club, 2006)
- A Book of Wizards (Science Fiction Book Club, 2008)
- The Ghost Quartet (Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, 2008)