Julius Fast
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(1919 -- 2008)
Julius Fast was an American author of both fiction and non-fiction. In 1946 he was the first recipient of the Edgar Award given by the Mystery Writers of America for the best first novel of 1945. He was born in Manhattan, the younger brother of novelist Howard Fast. Majoring in pre-med, he earned a bachelor's degree at New York University. He served in the United States Army Medical Corps for three years, working in a blood lab in Boston.
He edited Out of This World, a 1944 collection of SF/fantasy stories while he was still in the Army.
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| Person | 1919—2008 |
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