Paul W. Fairman

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1909, Paul W. Fairman began publishing crime and science-fiction stories in the 1940s. His fiction appeared in magazines including Amazing Stories, and stories such as “Deadly City” and “The Cosmic Frame” were later adapted for film.

Fairman was also an influential magazine editor. He founded If in 1952 and later edited Amazing Stories and Fantastic, before serving as managing editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine from 1958 to 1963.

After leaving magazine work, he focused on fiction across several genres, often using pseudonyms such as F. W. Paul, Ivar Jorgensen, Robert Lee, and Mallory Storm. He died in Newark, New Jersey, in October 1977.