Donald M. Grant Explained

Donald M. Grant
Birth Date:	3 April 1927
Birth Place:	Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Death Place:	North Port, Florida, U.S.
Known For:	Founding Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. and other small press publishers
Occupation:	Publisher

Donald Metcalf Grant (April 3, 1927 – August 19, 2009) was an American publisher.

Biography

He was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1927 and graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1949. Grant's interest in fantasy and science fiction started when he began reading the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs at age 10.^[1] He married in 1956 and has two children.^[1]

Grant was involved in the founding of several science fiction and fantasy small press publishers. He co-founded Grant-Hadley Enterprises in 1945,^[2] The Buffalo Book Company in 1946^[3] and Centaur Press in 1970.^[4] He also founded Grandon, Publishers in 1949^[5] (this was after his split from Thomas Hadley; the name was that of a lead character in one of Otis Adelbert Kline's fantasy novels) and Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1964.^[6]

Awards

• 1976, ^[7]
• 1979, Balrog Awards: professional achievement^[8]
• 1980, ^[7]
• 1983, ^[7]
• 1984, World Fantasy Convention Award^[7]
• 2003, World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.^[9]

References

• Book: Chalker, Jack L. . Jack L. Chalker . Mark Owings . The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923–1998 . Westminster, MD and Baltimore . Mirage Press, Ltd.. 1998 .
• Book: Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur . Lloyd Arthur Eshbach . Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era . Philadelphia . Oswald Train . 1983 . 10489084 .
• Book: Tuck, Donald H. . Donald H. Tuck . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy . Chicago, IL . . 192 . 1974 . 0-911682-20-1.

Notes and References

1. Eshbach 1983, pp. 166–168.
2. Chalker and Owings 1998, p. 822.
3. Chalker and Owings 1998, pp. 123–125.
4. Chalker and Owings 1998, pp. 152–154.
5. Chalker and Owings 1998, pp. 316–317.
6. Chalker and Owings 1998, pp. 318–341.
7. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: World Fantasy Award Nominees List . August 25, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090823024752/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/WfaNomList.html . August 23, 2009 .
8. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1979 Balrog Awards . December 3, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920183010/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Balrog1979.html . September 20, 2011 .
9. Web site: 2003 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees. www.worldfantasy.org. World Fantasy Convention. April 6, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170746/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/2003.html. May 9, 2008.