Don Elliott

Don Elliott was a pseudonym used by Robert Silverberg, born in New York City in 1935. Silverberg began publishing professionally in the 1950s after studying at Columbia University, and he went on to write across science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and popular fiction. Under the Don Elliott name, he published numerous erotic novels, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s.

Under his own name, Silverberg became one of science fiction’s leading writers, known for books such as Dying Inside, A Time of Changes, Downward to the Earth, and Lord Valentine’s Castle. He has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2004.