Walter M. Miller Jr.

Walter M. Miller Jr.
Born
Walter Michael Miller Jr.

(1923-01-23)January 23, 1923
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, US
DiedJanuary 9, 1996(1996-01-09) (aged 72)
Daytona Beach, Florida, US
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
LanguageEnglish
Period1951–1996
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksA Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
Notable awardsHugo Award (1955 · 1961)
Spouse
Anna Louise Becker
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(m. 1945; died 1995)​

Walter Michael Miller Jr. (January 23, 1923 – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote short stories that became a celebrated fix-up novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959). His only novel published in his lifetime, it won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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