death_date pseudonym birth_date genre article_title name occupation
1985 larry t. shaw 09 november 1924 science fiction larry shaw -lrb- editor -rrb-
 lawrence taylor shaw editor , author
larry shaw -lrb- editor -rrb-

lawrence taylor shaw -lrb- 9 november 1924 -- 1 april 1985 -rrb- was a hugo award-winning science fiction fan , author , editor and literary agent who usually published as larry t. shaw .
shaw joined a group of science fiction writers known as the futurians during the early 1940s .
from 1948 through the early 1950s , he wrote short fiction before becoming an editor for the magazines `` if '' and later `` infinity science fiction '' .
he published harlan ellison 's first magazine story `` glowworm '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- in `` infinity science fiction '' , after ellison 's first sale to ec comics .
from 1954 to 1955 shaw edited `` rodding and re-styling '' , an automotive sports magazine .
after those magazines terminated during 1958 , shaw edited monster movie magazines , automotive magazines and other material until 1963 , when he began editing for irwin stein 's company lancer books .
he continued working as an editor until 1975 , when he began work mainly as a literary agent .
he received a special hugo award during 1984 for lifetime achievement as an editor .
shaw was married to science fiction and spur award-winning western fiction author lee hoffman from 1956 to 1958 .
he later married noreen kane -lrb- 1930 -- 2005 -rrb- .
shaw died of cancer on 1 april , 1985 .
