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Dorothy Stevens McIlwraith

editor of Short Stories and Weird Tales

Dorothy Stevens McIlwraith (October 14, 1891–August 23, 1976) was a Canadian-born American magazine editor.

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Historical / real

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Dorothy Stevens McIlwraith (October 14, 1891–August 23, 1976) was a Canadian-born American magazine editor. After working for Doubleday and as an assistant to Short Stories editor Harry E. Maule, she became editor of Short Stories and, in 1940, succeeded Farnsworth Wright as editor of Weird Tales. Otis Adelbert Kline’s 1941 letter to Isaac M. Howard names her as the current editor of both magazines and describes her long editorial experience under Maule and Doubleday.

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Poetry

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Letter from Otis A. Kline to Dr. I. M. Howard, April 1, 1941Mentioned