- Birthday
- 1907-07-07
- Deathday
- 1988-05-08
- Place of Birth
- Butler, Missouri, USA
Robert A. Heinlein
WritingBiography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was one of the first writers to break into mainstream, general magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, in the late 1940s, with unvarnished science fiction. He was among the first authors of bestselling, nove...
