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Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
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culture · American author and screenwriter (1926–2013) · writer · screenwriter · novelist · science fiction writer · journalist · also Richard Matheson, Richard Burton Matheson, Logan Swanson, Matheson
Born 20 February 1926 · Died 23 June 2013 · Q325130
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2026· 3 entries
“I’d rather spend the last day believing what I think is true.”
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“A poor fool who could believe in something.”
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2020· 1 entry
Publishers Weekly: Books by Richard Matheson and Complete Book Reviews
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2013· 5 entries
Gizmodo: Remembering Richard Matheson
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Vulture: Richard Matheson
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Digital Spy: Richard Matheson dies: Tributes paid to I Am Legend, Twilight Zone icon
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At his home in Calabasas, California, at the age of 87
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Died 2013-06-23.
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2010).
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FirstShowing.net: Richard Matheson's 'Earthbound' Headed to the Big Screen
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But his short story "Born of Man and Woman" was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction's summer 1950 issue, the new quarterly's third issue, and attracted attention
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Tähtivaeltaja Award (2008).
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Awarded Geffen Award (2008).
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Won the Geffen Award for Science Fiction & the Tähtivaeltaja Award for I Am Legend
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2004· 1 entry
“Ed Gorman Calling: We Talk to Richard Matheson”
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2003· 2 entries
Publishers Weekly: Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts
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AV Club: Richard Matheson: Duel
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1999· 1 entry
Matheson published a non-fiction work, The Path, inspired by his interest in psychic phenomena
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (1993).
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Won the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
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1991· 1 entry
Won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel for Journal of the Gun Years
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Richard Matheson: Collected Stories (1990).
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (1990).
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection for Richard Matheson: Collected Stories (1989).
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Won the Bram Stoker Award for best Fiction Collection for Richard Matheson: Collected Stories & was nominated in 2002 for the Bram Stoker Award for Work for Young Readers for Abu and the 7 Marvels
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1984· 1 entry
And the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Horror Writers Association in 1991
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Bid Time Return (1976).
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded Edgar Awards for The Night Stalker (1973).
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Matheson earned an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his teleplay for The Night Stalker (1972), one of two TV movies written by Matheson for producer Dan Curtis, the other being The Night Strangler (197
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1971· 1 entry
Matheson's short story "Duel" was adapted into the TV movie of the same name
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1967· 1 entry
As The Young Warriors, though most of Matheson's plot was jettisoned
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1960· 1 entry
Matheson published The Beardless Warriors, a non-fantastic, autobiographical novel about teenage American soldiers in World War II
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Incredible Shrinking Man (1958).
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1957· 1 entry
As The Incredible Shrinking Man, again from Matheson's own screenplay, and in 2025 as L'Homme qui rétrécit [fr]) and a science fiction vampire novel, I Am Legend (1954, filmed as The Last Man on Earth in 1964, The Omega
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1954· 1 entry
“The Doll that Does Everything”
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1952· 1 entry
Matheson married Ruth Ann Woodson, whom he met in California
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1939· 1 entry
Graduated in 1943, and served with the Army in Europe during World War II; this formed the basis for his 1960 novel The Beardless Warriors
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-02-20.
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