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[[File:Galaxy 195405.jpg|thumb|right|Sturgeon's novella "Granny Won't Knit" took the cover of the March 1954 ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', illustrated by [[Ed Emshwiller]]]]
'''Theodore Sturgeon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|ɜr|dʒ|ən}}; born '''Edward Hamilton Waldo''', February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American fiction author of primarily [[fantasy fiction|fantasy]], [[science fiction]] and [[Horror fiction|horror]], as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 short stories, 11 novels and several scripts for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]
Sturgeon's science fiction novel ''[[More Than Human]]'' (1953) won the 1954 [[International Fantasy Award]] (for SF and fantasy) as the year's best novel, and the [[Science Fiction Writers of America]] ranked "[[Baby Is Three]]" number five among the "[[The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two|Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time]]" to 1964. Ranked by votes for all of their pre-1965 novellas, Sturgeon was [[The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two#Authors|second among authors]], behind [[Robert Heinlein]].<!-- source is our linked book article -->
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Sturgeon [[ghost-writer|ghost-wrote]] one [[Ellery Queen]] [[Mystery (fiction)|mystery]] novel, ''The Player on the Other Side'' (Random House, 1963). This novel was praised by critic [[H. R. F. Keating]]: "[I] had almost finished writing ''Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books'', in which I had included ''The Player on the Other Side'' ... placing the book squarely in the Queen canon"<ref name="KEAT">Keating, H. R. F. (1989). ''The Bedside Companion to Crime''. New York: Mysterious Press.</ref> when he learned that it had been written by Sturgeon. Similarly, William DeAndrea, author and winner of [[Mystery Writers of America]] awards, selecting his ten favorite mystery novels for the magazine ''Armchair Detective'', picked ''The Player on the Other Side'' as one of them. He said: "This book changed my life ... and made a raving mystery fan (and therefore ultimately a mystery writer) out of me. ... The book must be 'one of the most skilful pastiches in the history of literature. An amazing piece of work, whomever did it'."<ref name="KEAT" />
Disliking arguments with Campbell over editorial decisions, after 1950 Sturgeon only published one story in ''Astounding''.<ref name="latham2009">{{Cite book |title=The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction |last=Latham |first=Rob |publisher=Routledge |year=2009 |isbn=9781135228361 |editor-last=Bould |editor-first=Mark |pages=80–89 |chapter=Fiction, 1950-1963 |editor-last2=Butler |editor-first2=Andrew M. |editor-last3=Roberts |editor-first3=Adam |editor-last4=Vint |editor-first4=Sherryl |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7CNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref> Sturgeon wrote the screenplays for the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series
He also wrote an episode of the Saturday morning show ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'', "[[The Pylon Express]]", in 1975. Two of Sturgeon's stories were adapted for ''[[The New Twilight Zone]]''. One, "[[A Saucer of Loneliness]]", was broadcast in 1986 and was dedicated to his memory. Another short story, "Yesterday was Monday", was the inspiration for ''The New Twilight Zone'' episode "[[A Matter of Minutes]]". His 1944 novella "[[Killdozer! (story)|Killdozer!]]" was the inspiration for the 1974 [[Killdozer (film)|made-for-TV movie]], [[Marvel comic]] book, and [[Killdozer (band)|alternative rock band]] of the same name, as well as becoming the colloquial name for [[Marvin Heemeyer]]'s 2004 bulldozer rage incident.
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