The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America report the death of member Dr. Richard K. Lyon, on 21 November 2008. Born 22 December 1933, Lyon held a PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard, and held patents for chemical processes. As a science fiction writer, his first story appeared in Analog in 1973. He went on to write a trilogy with Andrew J. Offutt: Demon in the Mirror (1977), The Eye of Sarsis (1980), and Web of the Spider (1981). In 2007, his collection Tales from the Lyonheart was published by Wild Cat Books.
