b. 1934

Iconoclastic, acerbic, and never boring, Ellison is an editor, short story writer, screenwriter, essayist, author of anti-technological fiction, and promulgator of the New Wave.

He was asked to leave Ohio State University after 18 months, in part for rudeness to a creative writing teacher who said he had no talent.

In 1956 his first story, "Glowworm," sold to Infinity; he was 21.

In 1959 he moved to Chicago where he wrote screenplays for film and such TV series as Route 66, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Untouchables, and Burke's Law

Ellison also served as Creative Consultant to Babylon 5.

He has written extensively about television and film; collections include:

• The Glass Teat
• The Other Glass Teat
• Harlan Ellison's Watching

In 1965 Ellison conceived an idea for an anthology of original short stories too different to be published in science fiction magazines, purporting to challenge long-established, mostly sexual, taboos in science fiction. The works in this collection and its sequel reflected the New Wave.

• Dangerous Visions (1967)
• Again, Dangerous Visions (1972)

A third volume. Last Dangerous Visions. has long been rumored to be in progress

Ellison has written hundreds of short stories collected in a series of anthologies including:

• Deathbird Stories (1974)
• Strange Wine (1978)
• Angry Candy (1988)

Ellison has won multiple Nebulas and Hugos:

Works that have won both the Nebula and the Hugo:

• "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (short fiction, 1966)
• "Jefty is Five" (short fiction, 1978)

Works that have won the Hugo:

• "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" (short story 1968)
• "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" (short story 1969)
• "The Death Bird" (novelette, 1974)
• "Adrift Just Off The Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00'13"W" (novelette 1975)
• "Paladin of the Lost Hour" (novelette 1986)

Work that has won the Nebula:

• "A Boy and His Dog" (novella 1969); although Ellison was not associated with the film version starring Don Johnson, it won a Hugo

Ellison has won several Writers Guild Awards:

• "Demon With a Glass Hand", an episode of Outer Limits
• "The City on the Edge of Forever" one of the most famous episodes of Star Trek (the original series); the episode also won a Hugo

Read The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek^® Episode (1995) for the contentious history of that episode.

• Biographies of Harlan Ellison

• Ellison Webderland: the official Harlan Ellison web page