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Leigh Brackett
AuthorBooks · Second hand1915-1978
Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production.
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1915
Death
1978
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Leigh Brackett was a science fiction pioneer who began her career publishing in specialized magazines in 1940.
Her literary versatility allowed her to excel in both space opera and hard-boiled detective fiction.
Director Howard Hawks hired her to write the screenplay for The Big Sleep after being impressed by her first mystery novel.
She created the iconic character Eric John Stark, the protagonist of her most memorable planetary adventures.
She was married to fellow science fiction author Edmond Hamilton, forming one of the genre's most influential couples.