David G. Hartwell

David G. Hartwell
Hartwell the morning after winning the Hugo, 2006
Born	David Geddes Hartwell (1941-07-10)July 10, 1941 Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 20, 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 74) Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Editor literary critic publisher
Education	Williams College (BA) Colgate University (MA) Columbia University (PhD)
Period	1965–2016
Genre	Science fiction fantasy horror
Spouse	Patricia Lee Wolcott ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1992)​ Kathryn Cramer ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	4
Website
davidghartwell.com

David Geddes Hartwell (July 10, 1941 – January 20, 2016) was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an award-winning editor of anthologies. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as "perhaps the single most influential book editor of the past forty years in the American [science fiction] publishing world".^[1]