author
Mark Reinsberg
1923–1981
A lively early science-fiction fan turned writer and reviewer, he helped shape mid-century fandom as well as the small-press world around it. His work ranges from space-age adventure to crime fiction, with roots in the energetic magazine culture of the 1930s through 1950s.
3 Audiobooks
Compete or Die!
by Mark Reinsberg
The Vicious Delinquents
by Mark Reinsberg
The satellite-keeper's daughter
by Mark Reinsberg
About the author
Born Mark Simon Reinsberg on August 6, 1923, in Minnesota, he became active in science-fiction fandom while still young and was known in Chicago fan circles as "Midwest Marky." Reference sources on speculative fiction also credit him as an author, reviewer, and occasional artist.
Reinsberg was closely tied to early organized fandom. He chaired the 2nd World Science Fiction Convention, Chicon I, in 1940, and later helped found Shasta Publishers in 1947 with Erle Melvin Korshak and T. E. Dikty, a small press remembered for its role in science fiction and fantasy publishing.
His fiction includes works such as The Satellite-Keeper's Daughter, and bibliographic sources also list crime and science-fiction titles under his name and variants including Mark S. Reinsberg. A suitable verified portrait was not confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is provided.