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Bernard Glemser

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Bernard Glemser (20 May 1908 – 3 April 1990),[1] was an English writer of fiction, non-fiction, and children's books.[2]

Born in London, Glemser served in the Royal Air Force as an intelligence officer during World War II, and then worked in the United States for the government of Britain for a few years. Subsequently, he devoted himself to writing, and his first novel, Love for Each Other, appeared in 1946. During the 1930s and 1940s he was married to the journalist and editor Louise Cripps Samoiloff. From 1947 until his death he was married to the painter and designer Violetta Constance Raditz.

One of his novels, Girl on the Wing, was made into a movie entitled Come Fly With Me (then re-issued as The Fly Girls). Glemser also used pen names; as Robert Crane, he wrote science fiction, notably Hero's Walk (1954),[3] and as Geraldine Napier, romances. In nonfiction, he wrote Man Against Cancer (1969) based on his interviews with notable cancer researchers.

Glemser's books for children, such as All About the Human Body and All About Biology, were translated into many languages and distributed in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East by UNESCO.

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  1. ^ Robert Crane at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ "Bernard Glemser, 81, An Author of 30 Books". New York Times. April 6, 1990.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2009-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)