Christopher Anvil (1925 - 2009)

Christopher Anvil is a pseudonym used by American author Harry Christopher Crosby (March 11, 1925 – November 30, 2009). After serving as a pilot with the U.S. military, he began publishing science fiction with the story "Cinderella, Inc." in the December 1952 issue of the magazine Imagination. By 1956, he had adopted his pseudonym Christopher Anvil and his science-fiction work was being published in Astounding. He went on to a long and successful career in the field.