author
Vance Aandahl
b. 1942
A longtime science fiction and fantasy short-story writer, he published dozens of stories from the 1960s into the 1990s, many of them in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He also taught English for many years in Denver, bringing a thoughtful, literary touch to his fiction.
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by Vance Aandahl
About the author
Born in 1942, Vance Aandahl is an American writer best known for short science fiction and fantasy. Reliable reference sources describe a career spanning several decades, with work appearing from the 1960s through the mid-1990s.
Aandahl became especially associated with The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, where many of his stories first appeared. His fiction has also been indexed and preserved by genre reference sources, which note the steady run of short work that built his reputation among magazine readers.
Outside his writing, he was an English professor in Denver and is listed by Metropolitan State University of Denver as an associate professor emeritus of English. That academic background fits the feel of his work: imaginative, polished, and rooted in a strong command of language.