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   Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." [1] She was also a screenwriter, known for The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Long Goodbye (1973).

   • Nationality: American
   • Notable works: Eric John Stark series

   • Occupation: Novelist, screenwriter

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3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0102824Leigh Brackett - IMDb

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   Leigh Brackett was a prolific and influential science fiction author and screenwriter, known for her work on The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, and Star Wars. She was born in 1915 in Los Angeles and died in 1978 in Lancaster, California.

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   • Birth Date: December 7, 1915

   • Author: Leigh Brackett
   • Death Date: March 17, 1978

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   Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera ." She was also a screenwriter, known for The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Long Goodbye (1973).

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   • Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "this guy Brackett" to help...

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   Who was Leigh Douglass Brackett?

   • Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter, known for The Big Sleep , Rio Bravo , and The Long Goodbye . She worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back , elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production.

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   When did Leigh Brackett die?

   • As a screenwriter, she is best known for her work in The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo (1959), and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). She died of cancer in 1978 in Lancaster, California. The character "Sheriff Leigh Brackett" in John Carpenter 's successful independent horror film Halloween (1978) was named after her.

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   Where did Leigh Brackett grow up?

   • Leigh Brackett was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father died when she was very young; her mother did not remarry. She was a tomboy, "tall" and "athletic". She attended a private girls' school in Santa Monica, California, where she was involved in theater and began writing.

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6. www.goodreads.com › author › showLeigh Brackett (Author of The Long Tomorrow) - Goodreads

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   Genre. Science Fiction & Fantasy. edit data. Leigh Brackett was born on December 7, 1915 in Los Angeles, and raised near Santa Monica. Having spent her youth as an athletic tom-boy - playing volleyball and reading stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs and H Rider Haggard - she began writing fantastic adventures of her own.

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   • Death Date: March 18, 1978

   • Birth Date: December 7, 1915

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   Leigh Douglass Brackett. born Los Angeles, California: 7 December 1915. died Lancaster, California: 18 March 1978. works. series. Mars. Shadow over Mars: A New and Original Novel of Martian Adventure (London: World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd, 1951) [first appeared Fall 1944 Startling: Mars: pb/R A Osborne]

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   By Sven Mikulec. The name Leigh Brackett, already surely familiar to every true fan of the literary genre of science fiction, is a name that should be celebrated by every film lover as well. Born exactly 101 years ago and often referred to as The Queen of Space Opera, she started writing and publishing her stories in various science ficiton ...

10. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Leigh Brackett (Author of The Long Tomorrow) - Goodreads

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    Leigh Brackett has 383 books on Goodreads with 43905 ratings. Leigh Brackett’s most popular book is The Long Tomorrow.