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(1907-2000) Writer, novelist. L. Sprague De Camp was a well-known science fiction writer. De Camp served as a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve during the Second World War. He was married to Catherine Crook De Camp, also a writer.

Full Name

L(yon) Sprague De Camp

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1907

BIRTH

L. Sprague De Camp was born in New York City in 1907.

1941

LITWORK

Lest Darkness Fall
Henry Holt And Company.

Novel.

1948

LITWORK

The Wheels of If and Other Science Fiction
Shasta.

Collection of science fiction stories.

1951

LITWORK

Rogue Queen
Doubleday.

Novel.

1953

LITWORK

The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens
Twayne Publishers.

Collection of science fiction stories.

1958

LITWORK

An Elephant For Aristotle
Doubleday.

Historical novel.

1960

LITWORK

The Glory That Was
Avalon Books.

Science fiction novel.

1961

LITWORK

The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate
Doubleday.

Historical novel.

1965

LITWORK

The Arrows Of Hercules
Doubleday.

Historical novel.

1976

LITWORK

The Virgin Of Zesh
Popular Library.

Science fiction novella.

1981

LITWORK

The Hand Of Zei
Owlswick Press.

Science fiction novel.

2000

DEATH

L. Sprague De Camp died in Plano, Texas in 2000.

2000

INTERMENT

De Camp's ashes were interred in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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