Editing Avram Davidson (section)

{{short description|American writer (1923-1993)}}
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1923|4|23}}
| birth_place  = [[Yonkers, New York]], US
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1993|5|8|1923|4|23}}
| death_place  = [[Bremerton, Washington]], US
| occupation   = Novelist
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| genre        = Science fiction, [[crime fiction]]
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| spouse       = [[Grania Davis]]
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| awards       = [[Edgar Award]]<br/>[[Hugo Award]]<br/>[[World Fantasy Award]]
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| website      = {{URL|http://avramdavidson.org/}}
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'''Avram Davidson''' (April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) was an American writer of [[fantasy fiction]], science fiction, and [[crime fiction]], as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche.  He won a [[Hugo Award]] and three [[World Fantasy Award]]s in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award,<ref>{{cite web|author=World Fantasy Convention |title=Award Winners and Nominees |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html/ |access-date=February 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201074405/http://worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html |archive-date=December 1, 2010  }}</ref> and an [[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine#Annual awards|''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' short story award]] and an [[Edgar Award]] in the mystery genre. Davidson edited ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' from 1962 to 1964.  His last novel ''[[The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil]]'' was completed by [[Grania Davis]] and was a [[Nebula Award]] finalist in 1998. ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' says "he is perhaps sf's most explicitly literary author".