Doris P. Buck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Doris P. Buck

American science fiction author

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1898

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1980

Profession: writer, poet, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Doris Pitkin Buck (January 3, 1898 – December 4, 1980) was an American science fiction author. Born in New York City, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1920 and Columbia University with a master's degree in 1925.
She was a stage actress before marrying Richard Buck.
She taught English at Ohio State University and was a founding member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.She published numerous science fiction stories and poems, many of them in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Her story "The Little Blue Weeds of Spring" from the June 1966 issue was a nominee on the first ballot for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
Her story "Why They Mobbed the White House" appeared in Damon Knight's anthology Orbit 3 (1968).
Her story "The Giberel" appeared in Robert Silverberg's anthology New Dimensions 1 (1971) and reappeared in Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972).
Her story "Cacophony in Pink and Ochre" is one of the stories slated to appear in Harlan Ellison's unpublished anthology The Last Dangerous Visions. Buck died at age 82 of a pulmonary embolism.
Her final publication was the poem "Travel Tip", published posthumously in the June 1981 issue of F&SF.