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Garen Drussai
1916–2009
A little-known but fascinating voice from mid-century genre fiction, this American writer published science fiction and mystery stories under the name Garen Drussai. Her work is especially remembered for the 1955 story "The Twilight Years," written with Kirk Drussai.
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The Twilight Years
by Kirk Drussai, Garen Drussai
About the author
Born Clara Hettler, Garen Lewis Drussai (June 17, 1916 – November 16, 2009) was an American science fiction and mystery writer. Reliable sources identify Garen Drussai as a pseudonym, and they place her publishing activity mainly in the 1950s, with work that continued into later decades.
She is most often associated with short fiction rather than a large standalone bibliography. One of her best-known pieces is "The Twilight Years" (1955), co-written with Kirk Drussai, which has remained visible through later reprints and archival listings.
Although she is not a widely documented mainstream literary figure, her name continues to surface in science fiction reference sources and library-style records. That makes her an interesting example of the many writers whose contributions helped shape magazine-era genre fiction, even if only a small amount of biographical detail has survived in easily confirmed sources.