Nationalité : États-Unis
Né(e) à : San Francisco , 1915
Mort(e) : 2003
Biographie :
Dave Dryfoos was an Eagle Scout, he graduated from Lowell High School. After completing his lower division coursework at the University of California at Berkeley, he matriculated at the University of California's Hastings School of Law. He was admitted to the California bar in 1936. He married in 1942 and was subsequently drafted. He spent the war as an enlisted man in the United States Army, serving in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. He earned the Pacific Campaign ribbon with three stars, among other decorations, and mustered out in 1946 with the rank of staff sergeant. Back in Benicia, California, he rejoined his wife, Jeanne, and began writing, selling short stories to the pulps of the day. His publishing history extended over six years and more than twenty titles. He retired as assistant hospital administrator at Camarillo State Hospital in California in 1980. Dave Dryfoos died in 2003, survived by his wife of 61 years, three children, and three grandchildren.