![]() In the 1950s his short stories appeared among others in Startling Stories. Herbert began reading science fiction in the forties, and in the fifties decided that this was the type of fiction he wanted to write. Frank Herbert did not graduate from college, according to Brian, because he only wanted to study what interested him and so didn't complete the required courses.Īfter college he returned to journalism and worked at the Seattle Star and the Oregon Statesman he was also a writer and editor for the San Francisco Examiner's California Living magazine for a decade. Their first son, Brian Herbert, was born in 1947. They married in Seattle on June 20, 1946. Frank had sold two pulp adventure stories to magazines, and Beverly had sold a story to Modern Romance magazine. ![]() At the time they were the only students in the class who had as yet sold any work for publication. ![]() He married Flora Parkinson in 1941 but later divorced her in 1945 after their daughter was born.Īfter the war, he attended the University of Washington, where he met Beverly Ann Stuart at a creative writing class in 1946. There was a temporary hiatus to his writing career as he served in the U.S. ![]() He knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer, and in 1939 he lied about his age in order to get his first newspaper job on the Glendale Star. ![]() Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington. Frank Patrick Herbert (OctoFebruary 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author.Īs an author, Herbert was both critically acclaimed and a worldwide commercial success. ![]()
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