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- Birth nameGene Rodman Wolfe
- Born in New York on 7 May 1931; Wolf studied at Texas A&M for a few years before leaving to fight in the Korean War. On his return he finished his degree at the University of Houston. He worked as the editor of the professional journal Plant Engineering and was instrumental in inventing the machine that cooks Pringles potato chips. He pursued his own writing during his editorial tenure at Plant Engineering, taking a few years before one of his books gained wider notice in the science fiction community. Wolfe went on to write over 30 novels, with his best best-known work, The Book of The New Sun, spanning 1980-1983. Wolfe is survived by his daughters Madeleine, Teri and son, Matthew and 3 granddaughters, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Alison.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Paul Gerard Kennedy
- SpouseRosemary(1952 - December 14, 2013) (her death, 3 children)
- Thick moustache
- His first professional sale was the science fiction story "Mountains Like Mice," published in "Worlds of If," May, 1966.
- He earned a B.S.M.E. from the University of Houston in 1956. After graduation, Wolfe worked for sixteen years for Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio (1956-1972); among his other projects, he designed the machine that forms Pringle's potato chips. After leaving Procter & Gamble, he was hired as Senior Engineering Editor at "Plant Engineering" journal.
- Son of Roy Emerson Wolfe (a restaurateur and shopkeeper) and Mary Olivia Ayres. Gene and Rosemary had four children: Roy Emerson II (born 1958), Madelaine (born 1960), Therese Georgeanne (born 1963), and Matthew Dietsch (born 1966).
- American science fiction and fantasy writer critically acclaimed for his gorgeous and formidable use of language (which has sometimes been called almost opaque) and his labyrinthine plotting.
- He earned a Combat Infantry Medal during his time (1952-1954)in the Korean War.
- Raised in Texas. Fundamentally a Texan and an outsider.
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