Gene Wolfe

Born in New York on 7 May 1931; Wolf studied at Texas A&M for a few years before leaving to fight in the Korean War. On his return he finished his degree at the University of Houston. He worked as the editor of the professional journal Plant Engineering and was instrumental in inventing the machine that cooks Pringles potato chips. He pursued his own writing during his editorial tenure at Plant Engineering, taking a few years before one of his books gained wider notice in the science fiction community. Wolfe went on to write over 30 novels, with his best best-known work, The Book of The New Sun, spanning 1980-1983. Wolfe is survived by his daughters Madeleine, Teri and son, Matthew and 3 granddaughters, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Alison.