Barry N. Malzberg

Barry N. Malzberg (1939-2024) was an American writer and editor, best known for science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City, he graduated from Syracuse University in 1960 and left a graduate English program in 1965 to write full time. His first science fiction story appeared in Galaxy in 1967.

He wrote more than fifty books and over two hundred and fifty short stories, many under pseudonyms such as K. M. O'Donnell, and also worked in crime fiction and other genres.

His bleak, satirical novels of the early 1970s, including Beyond Apollo and Herovit's World, and the collection The Engines of the Night, made him one of the most distinctive voices of the New Wave era. He was also a prolific anthologist and critic, and edited the SFWA Bulletin. He died in Saddle River, New Jersey.