William F. Nolan
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William Francis Nolan (born March 6, 1928) is an American writer who has written hundreds of articles in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres.
Personal life
Nolan was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernadette Mariana Kelly, a stenographer, and Michael Cahill Nolan, an adventurer and sportsman. His family was an Irish Catholic. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute for a short time. He worked with Hallmark Cards, Inc., writing a letter and illustrating greeting cards before he and his parents immigrated to California.
Charles Beaumont, who would remain a close friend until Beaumont's untimely death at age thirty-eight, was his first encounter while working in offices. Nolan was instrumental in his book's success, and Beaumont was instrumental in its ascension to Nolan.
Nolan was a close friend of radio writer Norman Corwin as well as speculative writer Ray Bradbury. He was also a member of the influential Southern California School of Writers from the 1950s-1960s (also known as "The Group"), many of whom wrote for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and other popular daytime series. Nolan was a committed vegetarian who adored animals. In later life, he wrote new books and was active in various literary festivals, conventions (he was Guest of Honor at Killer Con, and Orycon in Portland, as well as a special guest at the World Horror Convention, World Fantasy Convention, and several others).
Despite being estranged for more than ten years, he had been married since 1970. He lived in Vancouver, Washington. "I am excited about something, and I want to write about it," the writer explained.
In July 2021, Nolan died as a result of an infection at the age of 93.
Career
Nolan became involved in science-fiction fandom in the 1950s and has appeared in many fanzines, including the Ray Bradbury Review. During this period, Nolan befriended several science fiction and fantasy writers, including Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and Ray Russell. In 1956, Nolan became a published author. Nolan is perhaps best known for coauthoring Logan's Run, alongside George Clayton Johnson, but he wrote hundreds of articles, from poetry to prose, including Sports Illustrated, Rogue, Playboy, Dark Discoveries, Nameless Digest, and others. Nolan wrote several mystery books, including the "Challis" series. He spent his time in film, mainly for Dan Curtis, and co-wrote the screenplay for the 1976 horror film Burnt Offerings, starring Karen Black and Bette Davis.
Nolan was also a prolific editor of collections (by others) and anthologies, most recently co-editing two anthologies with fellow writer Raymond Bradbury, Richard Matheson, John Shirley, Dan O'Bannon, and others, as well as The Devil's Coattails (2012), which featured Ramsey Campbell, S. T. Joshi, Richard Selzer, Earl Hamner, Jr., and others, as well as Cycatrix Press. Logan's Run: Last Day, a comic book series from Bluewater Productions, was released in 2010. In addition, he produced comics based on one other property of his for Bluewater: Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (featuring tales adapted by Nolan and Brock and released in 2013). Sam Space (forthcoming) is a comic book mini-series that has been planned and approved.
Nolan was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America once more. In 2002, the International Horror Guild named him a Living Legend in Dark Fantasy, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America bestowed Author Emeritus. He received the Lifetime Achievement Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association in 2010. (HWA) The World Fantasy Convention Award in Brighton, England, was given to him and Brian W. Aldiss in 2013. Nolan was given another Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction in May 2014; this was for his collection about his late friend Ray Bradbury, The Master of Science Fiction, which was six years old. Nolan was named a Grand Master of the World Horror Society in 2015, and the award was given at the World Horror Congress in Atlanta, GA, in May of that year.