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Howard Waldrop

Howard Waldropwas an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021.

Career

Waldrop was a frequent attendee of ArmadilloCon, the local science fiction convention held annually in Austin. He was the Toastmaster at the inaugural ArmadilloCon #1 (1979) and again at ArmadilloCon #29 (2007); he was Guest of Honor at ArmadilloCon #5 (1983).

Waldrop was one of three writer Guests of Honor at the 1995 World Fantasy Convention held in Baltimore and at Readercon 15 held in Burlington, Massachusetts, in 2003.

Waldrop was Professional Writer Guest of Honor at Loscon 46 in Los Angeles, California, in 2019.

In 2004 he started writing movie reviews with Lawrence Person for Locus Online.

Waldrop died from a stroke in Austin, on January 14, 2024, at the age of 77.

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