Stephen Marlowe, 79

Novelist Stephen Marlowe February 22, age 79. The author of over 50 novels, Marlowe began his career as a writer of pulp and science fiction. His genre writing included at least seven novels—he used a number of pen names—plus the collection, Drum Beat. He was editor of the anthology, Looking Forward. He will probably be most remembered for the latter part of career, when he wrote mystery and crime novels, but way back he got his start in genre, and his most recent works were historical fiction, including 1997's The Lighthouse at the End of the World, which had Edgar Allen Poe as a main character.