Frank Riley (author)

For the politician, see Frank E. Riley.

Riley's "The Executioner" was the cover story on the April 1956 issue of If

Frank Riley (1915–1996) was the pseudonym of Frank Ryhlick, an American science fiction author best known for co-writing (with Mark Clifton) the novel They'd Rather Be Right, which won a Hugo Award for Best Novel during 1955. He was a syndicated travel columnist and editor for the Los Angeles Times, and editor of the Los Angeles Magazine. He also wrote advertisements for See's Candies, screenplays, short fiction such as the "Father Anton Dymek" mysteries and was a host of a radio program in the Los Angeles area.

References

• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, page 1009

External links

• Works by Frank Riley at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Frank Riley at the Internet Archive
• Frank Riley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Frank Riley obituary, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1996