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Willard E. Hawkins
1887–1970
A pioneering editor of the pulp era, Willard E. Hawkins helped shape the practical writing market while also creating eerie, imaginative fiction of his own. His stories range from ghostly wartime tales to science fiction adventures and near-future social satire.
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Look to the Stars
by Willard E. Hawkins
About the author
Born in Fairplay, Colorado, on September 27, 1887, Willard E. Hawkins was an American editor, author, and public speaker. In 1916, he founded The Student Writer, a magazine devoted to writing technique; it became The Author & Journalist in 1923 and grew into an important trade journal for pulp publishers and freelance writers. Hawkins edited the magazine until 1940 and continued contributing to it for several years afterward.
Hawkins began publishing genre fiction with “The Dead Man’s Tale” in Weird Tales in 1923. His work included the near-future satire Castaways of Plenty, as well as science fiction stories such as “Look to the Stars,” “The Dwindling Sphere,” and “Scratch One Asteroid.” He retired from magazine work in the mid-1940s and sold his Denver printing business before moving to the country. He died in Craig, Colorado, on April 17, 1970.