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Elisabeth R. Lewis

A little-known voice from 1950s science fiction, remembered for the eerie short story Know Thy Neighbor. Though biographical details are scarce, that single surviving magazine credit hints at a writer with a strong feel for suspense and unsettling everyday settings.

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Know Thy Neighbor

Know Thy Neighbor

by Elisabeth R. Lewis

About the author

Elisabeth R. Lewis is a largely elusive figure in mid-century science fiction. Reliable catalog sources identify her as an English-language author who also appeared under the alternate name Elizabeth R. Lewis, and LibriVox describes her simply as a science fiction writer in the 1950s.

Her best-documented work is "Know Thy Neighbor," a short story published in Galaxy Science Fiction in February 1953. That story has remained visible through later reprints, public-domain ebook listings, and audiobook recordings, which suggests it continued to find readers long after its original magazine appearance.

Very little else about her life seems to be firmly documented online, so it is safest to let the work speak for her. What remains is a glimpse of a writer from the pulp-era magazine world whose surviving fiction still carries a memorable sense of unease.