(1929-2006) US author who lived mostly abroad until the last decade of his life; most of his ten novels were detective thrillers like the first, Sister Bear (1969), some in collaboration with Clifford Irving. He is of sf interest for the Sensitives sequence – comprising The Sensitives (1987), Strange Bedfellows (1988) and Brain Damage (1992) – featuring the exploits of a team of Telepathic agents. [JC]

Herbert Lawrence Burkholz

born New York: 9 December 1929

died Hagerstown, Maryland: 30 April 2006

works

series

Sensitives

• The Sensitives (New York: Atheneum, 1987) [Sensitives: hb/Paul Bacon]
• Strange Bedfellows (New York: Atheneum, 1988) [Sensitives: hb/]
• Brain Damage (New York: Atheneum, 1992) [Sensitives: hb/Alun Hood]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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