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Directory (1 to 43)

#1 (1974): Robert A. Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988)
#2 (1975): Jack Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006)
#3 (1976): Clifford D. Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988)
#4 (2015): L. Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000)
#5 (1981): Fritz Leiber (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992)
#6 (1984): Andre Norton (February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005)
#7 (1985): Arthur C. Clarke (December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008)
#8 (1986): Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992)
#9 (1987): Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987)
#10 (1988): Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012)
#11 (1990): Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993)
#12 (1992): Frederik Pohl (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013)
#13 (1994): Damon Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002)
#14 (1995): A. E. van Vogt (April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000)
#15 (1996): Jack Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013)
#16 (1997): Poul Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001)
#17 (1998): Hal Clement (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003)
#18 (1999): Brian W. Aldiss (August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017)
#19 (2000): Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009)
#20 (2002): Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018)
#21 (2003): Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935 – Present)
#22 (2004): Anne McCaffrey (April 1, 1926 – November 21, 2011)
#23 (2005): Harlan Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018)
#24 (2006): James Gunn (July 12, 1923 – December 23, 2020)
#25 (2007): Michael Moorcock (December 18, 1939 – Present)
#26 (2008): Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012)
#27 (2009): Joe Haldeman (June 9, 1943 – Present)
#28 (2011): Connie Willis (December 31, 1945 – Present)
#29 (2014): Gene Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019)
#30 (2013): Samuel R. Delany (April 1, 1942 – Present)
#31 (2014): Larry Niven (April 30, 1938 – Present)
#32 (2015): C. J. Cherryh (September 1, 1942 – Present)
#33 (2016): Jane Yolen (February 11, 1939 – June 11, 2026)
#34 (2017): Peter S. Beagle (April 20, 1939 – Present)
#35 (2018): William Gibson (March 17, 1948 – Present)
#36 (2019): Lois McMaster Bujold (November 2, 1949 – Present)
#37 (2020): Nalo Hopkinson (December 20, 1960 – Present)
#38 (2021): Mercedes Lackey (June 24, 1950 – Present)
#39 (2022): Robin McKinley (November 16, 1952 – Present)
#40 (2023): Susan Cooper (May 23, 1935 – Present)
#41 (2024): Nicola Griffith (September 30, 1960 – Present)
#42 (2025): N. K. Jemisin (September 19, 1972 – Present)
#43 (2026): Nancy Kress (January 20, 1948 – Present)

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Masters

Ray Bradbury

Conferred in 1988 as the 10th Grand Master (Award Ceremony in 1989)

Official Announcement
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. He wrote and consulted on many screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and most notably, It Came from Outer Space, and many of his works have been adapted into comic books, television shows, and films.

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. He wrote and consulted on many screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and most notably, It Came from Outer Space, and many of his works have been adapted into comic books, television shows, and films.

The Ray Bradbury Award for excellency in screenwriting was occasionally presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America – presented to six people on four occasions from 1992 to 2009. Beginning 2010, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation is presented annually according to Nebula Awards® rules and procedures, although it is not a Nebula Award. The revamped Bradbury Award replaced the Nebula Award for Best Script.

Bradbury received a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement at the 1977 World Fantasy Convention and was named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy at the 1980 World Science Fiction Convention. In 1989 the Horror Writers Association gave him the fourth or fifth Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in horror fiction and the Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 10th SFWA Grand Master. He won a First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 1996 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999, its fourth class of two deceased and two living writers.

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