Wyman Guin

Born in Wanette, Oklahoma, Wyman Woods Guin was an American pharmacologist and advertising executive who became best known for science fiction. He began publishing fiction in 1950, sometimes using the pseudonym Norman Menasco.

He drew particular attention with the novella Beyond Bedlam, and he is still remembered more for a handful of striking shorter works than for a large catalog. Reference sources on speculative fiction describe him as a distinctive postwar voice whose early stories left a lasting impression.

Guin died in 1989. In later years, his work received renewed notice from science-fiction readers and historians, including recognition through the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award.