Frank Riley (author)

For the politician, see Frank E. Riley.

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Riley's "The Executioner" was the cover story on the April 1956 issue of If

Frank Riley (1915–1996) was the pseudonym of Frank Rhylick, an American science fiction author best known for co-writing (with Mark Clifton) the novel They'd Rather Be Right, which won a Hugo Award for Best Novel during 1955. He was a syndicated travel columnist and editor for the Los Angeles Times, and editor of the Los Angeles Magazine. He also wrote advertisements for See's Candies, screenplays, short fiction such as the "Father Anton Dymek" mysteries and was a host of a radio program in the Los Angeles area.

From Frank Riley's obituary in the Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1996:

As travel editor of Los Angeles magazine and an award-winning contributor to several other publications, Riley traveled the world and frequently wrote with his wife of nearly 60 years, Elfriede. In 1976, the couple walked and biked the 800 miles of the 1776 De Anza expedition from Mexico to San Francisco and wrote the resulting book, "De Anza's Trail Today."

Born in Hibbing, Minn., Riley grew up in Wausau, Wis., and attended college in Ripon, Wis. He began his career as a reporter for the New York Daily News, eventually covering the White House.

He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and after the war moved his family to Manhattan Beach.

In addition to his wife, Riley is survived by a son, Peter; daughter, Anne; sister, Dorothy, and four grandsons.

References

• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, page 1009

External links

• Works by Frank Riley at Project Gutenberg
• Frank Riley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Frank Riley obituary, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1996