Mari Wolf

Born on August 27, 1926, Mari Wolf was an American science fiction writer and magazine columnist associated with the genre's early-1950s magazine scene. She published short fiction in magazines including If and became especially notable for "Robots of the World! Arise!," a story often credited with an early use of the word "droid" for a robot.

Wolf was also active in science fiction fandom and wrote the column Fandora's Box for Imagination, which made her a familiar name beyond her fiction. Reference sources also note that she worked as a technician in the rocket industry and was married for a time to science fiction writer Rog Phillips.

Although her published output was fairly small, her work has continued to draw attention from science fiction readers and bibliographers. That lasting interest comes from both her place in magazine-era SF and the way her stories capture the bright, curious energy of the field in the 1950s.