Jack Cady, 71; Writer Joined Science Fiction With Horror, Fantasy
Jack Cady, 71, an award-winning science fiction writer whose work includes elements from the genres of horror and fantasy, died Wednesday of bladder cancer at a hospital in Port Townsend, Wash.
A winner of the Nebula, Phillip K. Dick, World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards for science fiction, Cady began writing after compiling a varied employment history: truck driver, warehouse worker, landscaper, tree high-climber, and editor and publisher of a small newspaper.
His novels include “The Hauntings of Hood Canal,” “The Off Season” and “Street: A Novel.”
For many years, he also taught creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University outside Tacoma, Wash.
Cady was born in Columbus, Ohio, and spent four years in the Coast Guard before earning his bachelor’s degree at the University of Louisville.
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