John Bernard Daley

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 24, 1918, John Bernard Daley wrote science fiction in the magazine era, when short novels and novelettes introduced readers to bold new worlds. Reliable bibliographic records list his legal name as Bernard John Daley and give his death date as April 27, 2011.

His known work includes The Gun, published in Fantastic in February 1955, along with books and stories such as The Man Who Liked Lions and Wings of the Phoenix. Although not a widely documented public figure today, his surviving publications show a writer who contributed to classic pulp-era speculative fiction.

Very little biographical detail appears to be readily available in major public sources, which makes his fiction itself the clearest record of his career. For readers who enjoy rediscovering lesser-known voices from science fiction's magazine years, his work offers a glimpse of that lively period.