Bill Baldwin

Bill Baldwin
Born(1935-06-06)June 6, 1935
DiedOctober 14, 2015(2015-10-14) (aged 80)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationMercersburg Academy
University of Pittsburgh (BA, MLitt)
GenreScience fiction

Bill (Merl. W, Jr.) Baldwin (June 6, 1935 – October 14, 2015) was an American science fiction writer.[1] He wrote militaristic space opera. His main series is about a male protagonist named Wilf Ansor Brim.

He graduated from The Mercersburg Academy and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a B.A. in Journalism and a Master of Letters degree. He served as a lieutenant at the U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center. He worked at NASA at Cape Canaveral, Florida supporting Project Mercury as Chief of the Reports Division. Later, Baldwin served as a contractor for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.[2]

He was the president of the Wooden Boat Association of north Texas. He was also the managing editor of the magazine The Brass Bell of the Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club. He and others helped create the Lawson Boating Heritage Center on Chautauqua Lake, Bemus Point, New York.[2]

  1. ^ "Bill Baldwin at Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  2. ^ a b Lawson, David Jr (15 October 2010). "A Brief History of "LAWSONS" Lakeside Drive, Bemus Point". The Lawson Center. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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