5/29/2023 0 Comments Burn witch burn merrittAs editor, he hired the unheralded new artists Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok and promoted the work done on polio by Sister Elizabeth Kenny. He was assistant editor of The American Weekly from 1912 to 1937 under Morrill Goddard, then its editor from 1937 until his death. According to Peter Haining, Merritt survived a harrowing experience while a young reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer about which he refused to ever speak, but would, as Haining claims, mark a turning point in Merritt's life. Originally trained in law, he turned to journalism, first as a correspondent and later as editor. Life īorn in Beverly, New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1894. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999, its fourth class of two deceased and two living writers. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction. Speculative fiction, supernatural fictionĪbraham Grace Merritt (Janu– August 21, 1943) – known by his byline, A.
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