Former Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America member, George Wyatt Proctor, died Sunday afternoon, August 3, 2008, after a short illness. He was 61.

Proctor obtained a B.A. in journalism in 1969 from Texas Tech College in Lubbock and started working for the Dallas Morning News in the fall of 1969. Presently, he was a lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington. Proctor's writing career included more than 90 published books, at least 11 of which were science fiction novels. He co-wrote the Swords of Raemllyn series with Robert E Vardeman. He was twice nominated for the best novel from the Western Writers Association.

He was also a fanzine writer and an artist, with his best known art used on the cover of "Heavy Metal" magazine in early 1976.

While he was a SFWA member, Proctor edited (with Sir Arthur C. Clarke) the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. III and took over the Nebula Awards Report (NAR) after C.L. Grant.

A memorial service was held at the University of Texas at Arlington. Memorials should be sent to the George Proctor scholarship fund in the Department of Communications, P.O. Box 19107, Arlington, Texas 76019.

Posted August 22, 2008