Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison Influences Edgar Allan Poe, Theodore Sturgeon, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Frederic Prokosch, Jim Thompson, Gerald Kersh, Cornell Woolrich, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov Influenced Neil Gaiman, Octavia E. Butler, Dan Simmons Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction. His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. He was editor and anthologist for two science fiction anthologies, Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Ellison has won numerous awards including multiple Hugos, Nebulas and Edgars.