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R. De Witt (Richard De Witt) Miller
1910–1958
Best known for blending science fiction with a fascination for the strange and unexplained, this mid-century writer moved easily between pulp adventure and books of Fortean mysteries. His work has a lively, curious energy that reflects the era's love of both futuristic ideas and uncanny phenomena.
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Swenson, Dispatcher
by R. De Witt (Richard De Witt) Miller
About the author
Richard DeWitt Miller was an American writer born in Los Angeles on January 22, 1910. He published science fiction as R. DeWitt Miller, with his first known story, The Shapes, appearing in Astounding Science Fiction in 1936.
Alongside fiction, he wrote nonfiction about unusual and unexplained subjects, including Fortean phenomena and the supernatural. Books associated with him include You Do Take It With You, The Mastery of the Master, Impossible - Yet It Happened, and Stranger Than Life, showing how comfortably he moved between speculative storytelling and popular mystery writing.
He also collaborated on the novel The Man Who Lived Forever. Miller died on June 3, 1958, but he remains a memorable figure for readers interested in the overlap between classic science fiction and the literature of the weird.