Lee Hoffman

Lee Hoffman (born Shirley Bell Hoffman in Chicago, Illinois in 1932) is an American author of science fiction and Western novels. She won the Western Writers of America Spur Award for her novel The Valdez Horses (Doubleday, 1967). In Spain, John Sturges directed the 1973 film adaptation, The Valdez Horses/Valdez, il Mezzosangue (aka Chino), starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland. Under the pseudonym Georgia York, she wrote historical romances for Fawcett Books during the years 1979 to 1983.

She went on to write 17 Western novels between the years 1966 and 1977 for several publishers -- Ace, Avon, Ballantine, Dell, Doubleday, Dell, NAL/Signet -- with various editions in Germany, Italy and the UK.

During that same time period, she wrote four science fiction novels: Telepower (Belmont, 1967), The Caves of Karst (Ballantine, 1969), Always the Black Knight (Avon, 1970), Change Song (Doubleday, 1972). Earlier, as a science fiction fan, she edited and published the highly-regarded science fiction fanzine Quandry (not a typo). Hoffman was briefly married to science fiction editor Larry Shaw

Selected Bibliography

Novels

• Telepower (1967)
• The Caves of Karst (1969)
• Always the Black Knight (1970)
  • Magazine/Anthology Appearances:
  • Always the Black Knight (Part 2 of 2) (1970)
  • Always the Black Knight (Part 1 of 2) (1970)
• Change Song (1972)

Collections

• In and Out of Quandry (1982)
• Magicon Original Bookmark Anthology, #2 (1989)

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