Name: HERBERT, Frank Patrick Aged: 65
Born: October 8, 1920 Where: Tacoma, Washington
Died: February 11, 1986 Where: Madison, Wisconsin
Interred:_ _ _
Married: Flora Parkinson When: 1941 (div 1945)
Married 2: Beverly Ann Stuart When: June 23, 1946
Married 3: Teresa Shackleford When: 1985
Awarded: 1966 Hugo for novel, Dune; while Dragon in the Sea won the International Fantasy Award.

A journalist, ecologist, conservationist, science fiction writer, and fantasist. Herbert lived most of his life in the Pacific Ocean states area of California, Washington, and Hawaii. Frank was a scientist, in fact if not in degree, and studied undersea geology, psychology, navigation, and jungle botany. Herbert's acreage on Olympic Peninsula in Washington state was turned into a self-supporting ecology and demonstration project.

Herbert's first published SF work was in 1952 for Startling Stories entitled "Looking for Something." The major career break for Frank came after John Campbell serialized Dune in 1963-4 for the new Analog. Two more Dune books followed, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune creating a Dune Trilogy. Some years later, three more Dune books were added.

Herbert's livelihood career was as a newspaperman, working many of the west coast cities from Los Angeles to Washington state with 10 years spent with the San Francisco Examiner. He and Ann had three children, one of whom, Brian Herbert, became a SF writer in his own right.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Mine here.

BIOGRAPHY: Who Was Who in America, Vol IX, p163
and Science Fiction Writers, Scribners 1982

OBITUARY: Associated Press, Feb 12, 1986

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