Walt Richmond

Walter Forbes Richmond was an American science fiction writer, born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 6, 1922, and died in Merritt Island, Florida, on April 14, 1977. Reliable reference sources describe him not only as an author but also as a research scientist, a background that helped shape the practical, speculative feel of his fiction.

His published fiction was written in collaboration with his wife, Leigh Richmond. Together they produced novels and stories including Where I Wasn't Going, and reference works on speculative fiction note that their work often mixed adventurous ideas with social criticism and humor.

Though he is not a household name, Richmond has remained of interest to science fiction readers through library catalogs, genre encyclopedias, and later reprints of the couple’s work. I couldn’t confirm a suitable verified portrait image from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.