Dave Dryfoos

Born in San Francisco on March 29, 1915, David M. Dryfoos wrote as Dave Dryfoos. He was an American science fiction author whose publishing career was concentrated in the 1950s, beginning with "Lest Ye Be Judged..." in Fantastic Adventures in October 1950.

Though his career in the field was brief, his stories appeared in major magazines including Astounding, Galaxy, Imagination, If, and Planet Stories. Reference sources describe his output as small but solid, and a later collection, The Ninth Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack, gathered nineteen of his tales.

Dryfoos died on May 4, 2003. Today he is best remembered as one of those mid-century magazine writers who helped give classic science fiction its range: thoughtful, entertaining, and full of speculative energy.