Leslie Perri (April 27, 1920 – January 31, 1970) was the pen name of Doris Marie Claire "Doë" Baumgardt, an American science fiction fan, writer, and illustrator.
Personal life
Baumgardt was born in Brooklyn, New York to Fritz and Marie Baumgardt, German immigrants.
Baumgardt was married to two fellow science fiction writers and Futurians, first to
Frederik Pohl (1940–42), later to Richard Wilson (1951–65).
She was also married to Thomas Llewellyn Owens (1944–?), an American painter.
She had two children, Margot Owens, with Owens, and Richard David Wilson with Wilson.
Her grandson, Dirk Llewellyn van der Meulen, is named for "Dirk Wylie" (Harry Dockweiler) the science fiction poet and member of the Futurians. Baumgardt died of cancer at the age of 49.
Career
Baumgardt was introduced to the Futurians through Pohl, whom she was dating at the time.
Baumgardt was also a founding member of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association.
Baumgardt was one of five members of the Futurians allowed into the first
Worldcon in 1939 by
Sam Moskowitz (the other four were
Isaac Asimov, Richard Wilson,
David Kyle, and Jack Robinson).
While her pen name was "Leslie Perri", she was known to her friends as "Doë", pronounced "dough-ee".
[ Kyle, David. "Sex in Fandom" Mimosa #10, pp. 6-12]
In addition to her short fiction, she contributed both artwork and written pieces to a variety of such as Future Art, Futurian News, Le Vombiteur Literaire, Mind of Man, Mutant, and Fantasy Fictioneer.
Short fiction
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"Space Episode," Future Combined with Science Fiction (December 1941)
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"In the Forest," If, James L. Quinn (editor) (September 1953)
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"Under the Skin," Infinity Science Fiction, Larry Shaw (editor) (June 1956)
Reprinting
"Space Episode" has been reprinted in:
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Frank, Janrae; Stine, Jean Marie; Ackerman, Forrest J. (1994). New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow. Samford, Connecticut: Longmeadow Press.
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Yaszek, Lisa; Sharp, Patrick B.; Goonan, Kathleen Ann, eds. (2016). Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press.
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Yaszek, Lisa, ed. (2018). The Future is Female! A celebration of the women who made science fiction their own, from pulp pioneers to Ursula K. LeGuin. New York: Library of America.
"In the Forest" has been reprinted in:
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Arment, Chad, ed. (2016). Other Life: An Anthology of Non-Terrestrial Biology. Coachwhip Publications.
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