Facts: - death date: 1974 1911 - genre: science fiction , fantasy - pseudonym: john peter drummond , stanley beecher , lee beecher - birth date: 20 june 1911 - name: stanley mullen - nationality: united states - birth place: colorado springs , colorado - occupation: artist , museum curator , novelist , short story writer , publisher Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stanley mullen .
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stanley mullen -lrb- -- 1974 -rrb- was an american artist , short story writer , novelist and publisher .he studied writing at the university of colorado at boulder and drawing , painting and lithography at the colorado springs fine arts center where he was accepted as a professional member in 1937 .a series of his paintings of indian ceremonial dances is part of the permanent collection of the denver art museum .mullen worked as assistant curator of the colorado state historical museum during the 1940s .mullen wrote over 200 stories and articles in a variety of fields .he became involved with the small press publisher new collector 's group before starting his own small press publisher , gorgon press , in 1948 .