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Leo Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, but was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut. After briefly attending Columbia University, Margulies began working for
Munsey's Magazine
, selling subsidiary rights to its stories. He later spent five years as head of East Coast research for Fox Films, a predecessor company of 20th Century Fox, and afterward became editorial chief of publisher Ned Pines'
Standard Magazines
. At one time in the 1930s, he reputedly edited 46 magazines, including the pulp magazines
Startling Stories
and
Thrilling Wonder Stories
.
During World War II, Margulies served as a war correspondent. He was on board the USS
Missouri
when the Japanese surrendered.
After the war, Margulies helped launch Pines' Popular Library line of paperback books. He was co-editor of the anthology
My Best Science Fiction Story
in 1949, and went on to compile several several science fiction and fantasy paperback anthologies. He was editor of Mike Shayne's
Mystery Magazine
at the time of his death.
In December 1975 he was attending a meeting in London of the Mystery Writers of America when he suffered a stroke. He died December 26 in Los Angeles, California.
Margulies was married to the former Cylvia Kleinman at the time of his death.
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