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Jerome Bixby was born on January 11, 1923. He passed away on April 28, 1998.

Bixby was a short story writer who did most of his work in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best remembered for his short story “It’s a Good Life”, which was filmed as an episode on the original Twilight Zone and starred Billy Mumy.

If Bixby wrote any novels, the ISFDB doesn’t list them.

Four collections of Bixby’s work were published, two in his lifetime, one in 2011, and the final one in 2014. A number of his stories haven’t been collected.

Bixby went on to become a screenwriter and wrote four episodes of the original Star Trek: “Mirror, Mirror”, “The Day of the Dove”,  “Requim for Methusaleh”, and “By Any Other Name”. He also wrote westerns.

In addition to being a writer, Bixby also edited a few pulps before they died. He was editor of Planet Stories (1950=1951)  and Jungle Stories (1949-1951).