Holmes” to write and review mysteries and “Anthony Boucher” for science fiction. At Berkeley, he would receive his master’s degree.Īfter college, he would start his writing career and he decided to use a pseudonym when a friend told him that “William White” was too common a name and that he would need a pseudonym. Boucher eventually went on to attend the University of Southern California and the University of California, Berkeley. The story was called “Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie” and it was the only story of his entire career that he wrote under his own name. He saw his first short story make it to print when he was only fifteen years old, with the story appearing in the January, 1927 issue of Weird Tales. He was born in Oakland, California and had a love of writing from a young age. He was most commonly known by the Boucher name though and wrote in the mystery, science fiction, and horror genres.īoucher was born as William Anthony Parker White on August 21st, 1911. Holmes which was taken from the late-19th-century serial killer.

Boucher also wrote under the pen name of H. He wrote many classic mystery novels, short stories, and even radio dramas. The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the DarkĪnthony Boucher was an American author, critic, and editor.

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats The Locked Room Reader: Stories of Impossible Crimes and Escapesĭeath Locked In: An Anthology of Locked Room Stories Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space

The Compleat Boucher by Anthony Boucher