Donald Kingsbury

(February 12, 1929 – 2021)

Donald MacDonald Kingsbury was an American–born Canadian SF author. His first sf story, "The Ghost Town," appeared in Astounding in June 1952; his subsequent output was highly regarded, but scanty.

Kingsbury taught mathematics at McGill University, Montreal, from 1956 until his retirement in 1986.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• 1982 interview.
• Archived website.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1980 -- 1980 Best Novella Hugo nominee
• 1983 -- 1983 Best Novel Hugo nominee, Compton Crook Award for Courtship Rite
• 1984 -- Balticon 18, Contradiction 4
• 1986 -- Balticon 20 special guest
• 1992 -- CAN*CON '92
• 1994 -- CAN*CON '94
• 2002 -- Prometheus Award for Psychohistorical Crisis

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Person

1929—2021

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