C. L. Moore

Real Name: Catherine Lucille Moore C. L. Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She and her first husband <a href="/c/books/credit/66567/Henry-Kuttner/">Henry Kuttner</a> were prolific co-authors under their own names as <a href="/c/books/credit/64113/Henry-Kuttner-and-C-L-Moore/">Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore</a> and the pseudonyms <a href="/c/books/credit/64112/Lewis-Padgett/">Lewis Padgett</a>, <a href="/c/books/credit/75630/Lawrence-ODonnell/"> Lawrence O'Donnell</a> and <a href="/c/books/credit/73703/C-H-Liddell/">C. H. Liddell</a> for their collaborative work. Moore wrote two series for the pulp magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. One is series featuring interplanetary adventurer Northwest Smith; the other is a swords-and-sorcery series about swordswoman Jirel of Joiry. Moore's work appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in the 1940s. Series Characters: • <a href="/c/books/credit/67811/jirel-of-joiry/">Jirel of Joiry</a> • <a href="/c/books/credit/67812/northwest-smith/">Northwest Smith</a>