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Murray F. Yaco
A mid-century science fiction writer with a life beyond the page, he also served in the Army and later worked as a war correspondent. His stories include classic magazine-era tales like "Unspecialist" and "No Moving Parts," along with later collections and novels.
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About the author
Born on December 26, 1927, in Flushing, New York, Murray F. Yaco wrote science fiction short stories and novels, and several of his best-known works appeared in the great magazine tradition of the genre. His fiction is still remembered through stories such as Unspecialist and No Moving Parts, as well as collections including The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works.
Outside fiction, he served in the Army in Japan during World War II and later worked as a war correspondent in Vietnam and Kuwait. Sources also describe him as an artist who built sculptures and stayed active in creative work beyond writing.
Yaco died on June 1, 2013. The picture that emerged from available sources is of a writer with wide-ranging experience, bringing together science fiction, journalism, and art in a career that stretched well beyond a single field.