Gerald W. Page is an American

United States

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 writer of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

, science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, mystery

Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...

 and horror

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

. He was born in Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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 on August 12, 1939. He sold his first story to the magazine Analog

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...

where it appeared in 1963.

Page acquired Coven 13 magazine from Arthur H. Landis

Arthur H. Landis

Arthur Harold Landis was a fantasy, fiction and non-fiction author.-Biography:...

 and retitled it Witchcraft and Sorcery that lasted for six issues. and became editor with Jerry Burge as art director.

In 1969 he joined the editorial staff of TV Guide

TV Guide

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.

He edited DAW Books

DAW Books

DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...

's anthology series The Year's Best Horror Stories

The Year's Best Horror Stories

The Year’s Best Horror Stories was a series of annual anthologies published by DAW Books from 1971 to 1994 under the successive editorships of Richard Davis from 1971 to 1973, and, after a two year hiatus, Gerald W. Page from 1976 to 1979, and Karl Edward Wagner from 1980 to 1994. The series was...

from 1976 to 1979.

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