Diane Detzer de Reyna (May 13, 1930 – 1992) was an American science fiction writer in the 1960s, under her own name and the pseudonyms Adam Lukens and Jorge de Reyna.

Early life

Dorothy Diane Detzer was from

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, the daughter of August J. Detzer, a Navy captain, and Dorothy Allee Shields Detzer. Her grandmother, Laura Goshorn Detzer, was the first public librarian in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her aunt,

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, was a prominent peace activist. Her uncle, Karl Detzer, was a screenwriter and an editor at ''

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''. Diane Detzer attended

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, the

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, and a secretarial school in

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Career

Books by Detzer (as Adam Lukens, Adam de Lukens, Jorge de Reyna, and Diane Detzer) included ''The Sea People'' (1959), ''Conquest of Life'' (1960), ''Sons of the Wolf'' (1961), ''The Glass Cage'' (1962), ''The World Within'' (1962), ''Alien World'' (1963), ''Eevalu'' (1963), ''The Return of the Starships'' (1968), and ''Planet of Fear'' (1968). In addition, she published a story, "The Tomb" (''Science Fiction Stories'', 1958).

Personal life

Diane Detzer married Arthur Rolan Lukens Jr. in 1955. She had two children, Peter and Margaret. She died in 1992, aged 62 years. Her gravesite is in Ridgefield, and family photographs of her are in the collection of the Ridgefield Historical Society.Shelds-Detzer Family
Ridgefield Historical Society.

References

External links

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Diane Detzer
listing at Fantastic Fiction. {{DEFAULTSORT:Detzer, Diane 1930 births 1992 deaths American science fiction writers People from Ridgefield, Connecticut