Henry Kuttner, born April 7, 1915, was a
science fiction and
fantasy writer, whose shortened
life would have been even more
tragic has he not been so
prolific and
intelligent. Kuttner wrote continuously for nearly two
decades before becoming burned out.
In 1940, he was voted Best Science Fiction Writer in the World by the World's SF Convention.
Both he and his wife, Catherine Lucille Moore, were actively engaged in radio scripting and screen writing when Henry died of a heart attack, February 4, 1958, only 42 years old.
(There has been unconfirmed speculation that in the period 1937 to 1940 published a handful of stories under the name Will Garth.)