Charles V. De Vet

Born on October 28, 1911, Charles Vincent De Vet was an American science fiction writer whose magazine career began with "The Unexpected Weapon," published in Amazing in 1950. Reference sources on speculative fiction agree that he wrote more than 50 stories for science fiction magazines, making him a familiar name to readers of the genre in the 1950s and early 1960s.

De Vet worked mainly in shorter forms, where his stories blended classic pulp energy with clean, readable storytelling. Bibliographic records also note alternate forms of his name, including Charles De Vet and Charles van De Vet. After many years away from publishing, he resumed writing in the late 1980s, which gives his career an unusual two-part shape.

He died on January 5, 1997. Though not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, he remains part of the rich magazine-era tradition that helped define American science fiction for generations of readers.