- Cele Goldsmith Lalli
Cele Goldsmith Lalli (1933 –
January 14 ,2002 ) was an American editor. She was the editor of "Amazing Stories " from 1959 to 1965, "Fantastic" from 1958 to 1965, and later the Editor-in-Chief of "Modern Bride" magazine.Goldsmith began working on
science fiction andfantasy magazines underPaul W. Fairman . When Fairman leftZiff-Davis in 1958, Goldsmith took over as editor of "Amazing Stories " and "Fantastic". Goldsmith was open to new authors and experimentation in writing. Among her discoveries wereThomas M. Disch ,Ursula K. Le Guin ,Keith Laumer ,Sonya Dorman (as a fiction writer), andRoger Zelazny . She was also instrumental in bringingFritz Leiber out of an early writer's-block-induced retirement (a 1959 issue was devoted entirely to his fiction), and was among the first US editors to publish British authorJ. G. Ballard .Goldsmith married in 1964 and took Lalli as her last name. By this time, she'd received a special award from the
World Science Fiction Convention for her work on the magazines. Le Guin and subsequent "Fantastic" and "Amazing" editorsBarry N. Malzberg and Ted White have taken care to note the significance of her achievement.In 1965, Ziff-Davis sold the two fiction magazines to publisher
Sol Cohen , who founded Ultimate Publications to publish them. Lalli continued at Ziff-Davis, where she worked at "Modern Bride " magazine for 30 years.Not long after her retirement, she was killed in a
car accident inNewtown, Connecticut onJanuary 14 ,2002 .External links
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