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Larry Sternig
1908–1999
An Austrian-born American writer and longtime literary agent, he moved between pulp science fiction and the practical world of publishing. He is especially remembered for running a Milwaukee agency for decades while also writing short speculative fiction.
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About the author
Born Laurence J. Sternig on August 12, 1908, in Carinthia, Austria, he later became an American author and agent working in English-language publishing. Reliable bibliographic sources identify him as both a fiction writer and a literary professional, with a career that stretched across much of the twentieth century.
Sternig wrote science-fiction short stories for the pulp magazines, including work remembered through later reprints and public-domain circulation. He is often described as being best known as a literary agent, and fan-reference sources note that he ran the Larry Sternig Literary Agency in Milwaukee for more than forty years.
He died on May 15, 1999. Some sources also note his connection to the Mystery Writers of America and list well-known writers among his agency's clients, but the clearest consistent picture is of a man who bridged two sides of the book world: writing stories himself and helping other authors bring theirs to market.