Books by Mark Clifton

Mark Clifton (1906 - 1963) was an American author and businessman. He wrote science fiction and most of his stories fit into one of two series. The "Bossy" sequence, was written alone and in collaboration with both Alex Apostolides and Frank Riley. The "Ralph Kennedy" series, which is lighter in tone was mostly written solo, although there was one collaboration with Apostolides. Clifton gained his greatest success with his novel They's Rather Be Right (a.k.a. The Forever Machine), co-wrtten with Riley, which was serialized in Astounding in 1954 and went on to win the Hugo Award, perhaps the most contentious novel ever to win the award. Clifton began publishing in May of 1952 with the story "What Have I Done?".