author
Robert Hoskins
1933–1993
A longtime science-fiction editor and writer, he moved easily between creating stories and shaping other authors’ work. His career stretched from magazine fiction in the 1950s to editorial work at major paperback houses and several well-known SF novels.
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About the author
Born in Lyons Falls, New York, on May 26, 1933, Robert Phillip Hoskins was an American science-fiction author and editor. He began publishing SF in 1958, first using the byline Phillip Hoskins, and built a career that combined writing with behind-the-scenes editorial work.
Hoskins also worked as a literary agent in the late 1960s and later served as a senior editor at Lancer Books. Bibliographic sources link him with several alternate names, including Robert P. Hoskins, Bob Hoskins, John Gregory, Grace Corren, and Michael Kerr, showing how widely his work moved across the field.
He is especially associated with novels such as To Control the Stars and The Problem Makers. Hoskins died on June 1, 1993, near Albany, New York, leaving behind a body of work remembered by science-fiction reference sources and genre readers.