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'''Scott Meredith''', born '''Scott Feldman''', was a [[fan]] and one of the founders in 1941 of The [[National Fantasy Fan Federation]] (N3F).  He was a [[director]] of the [[QSFL]] and attended [[Boskone I]].
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'''Scott Meredith''', born '''Arthur Scott Feldman''', was an early [[fan]] and [[literary agent]]. He was one of the founders in 1941 of The [[National Fantasy Fan Federation]] (N3F).  He was a [[director]] of the [[QSFL]] and attended the [[First Worldcon]] in 1939 and [[Boskone I]] in 1941.
  
Meredith and his brother Sidney founded the '''Scott Meredith Literary Agency''' in New York in 1946. They landed their first big-name client, the [[British]] [[humor]]ist, [[P. G. Wodehouse]], shortly thereafter. Among their [[sf]] clients was [[Arthur C. Clarke]].
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Meredith and his brother Sidney founded the '''Scott Meredith Literary Agency''' in [[New York]] in 1946. They landed their first big-name client, [[British]] [[humor]]ist [[P. G. Wodehouse]], shortly thereafter. Among their [[sf]] clients were [[J. G. Ballard]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Philip K. Dick]].
  
* Founding Member biography in {{TNFF|date=September, 2016|volume=75|number=9}
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* Founding Member biography in {{TNFF|date=September, 2016|volume=75|number=9}}.
  
  
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 7 October 2021

(December 13, 1923 – February 11, 1993)

Scott Meredith, born Arthur Scott Feldman, was an early fan and literary agent. He was one of the founders in 1941 of The National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F). He was a director of the QSFL and attended the First Worldcon in 1939 and Boskone I in 1941.

Meredith and his brother Sidney founded the Scott Meredith Literary Agency in New York in 1946. They landed their first big-name client, British humorist P. G. Wodehouse, shortly thereafter. Among their sf clients were J. G. Ballard, Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick.



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